EU Views Net Censorship As a "Trade Barrier"

Posted by kdawson on Thursday February 28, 2008 @10:25AM from the do-as-i-say dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The European Parliament just passed a proposal to treat internet censorship as a trade barrier, in particular the 'Great Firewall of China.' If passed by the European Council, the issue would be raised in trade negotiations and could lead to economic sanctions and trade restrictions for those countries unwilling to remove oppressive Net censorship." We have discussed some of the ways in which the EU, and its member countries, engage in their own brand of censorship.

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Re:not likely by Jackdaw+Rookery · 2008-02-28 10:59 · Score: 5, Informative

You do know that the G8 consists of: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Together, these countries represent about 65% of the world economy. Half the G8 is European and can vote as a block for European interests. Aside from a 2 country North America block, the other countries have no reason to be unified, unlike the European countries.

So in fact the EU Parliament does have huge influence in the G8.