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Google executive calls for Internet-aided openness in US trade talks

By Ira Teinowitz ( October 19, 2016, 22:08 GMT | Insight) -- A top Google executive blames overly secret procedures for contributing to the American public’s fear of trade agreements that threatens congressional ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Kent Walker, Google senior vice president and general counsel, told the Global Services Summit of the Coalition of Service Industries it is past time to revamp negotiating procedures and provide more transparency by bringing traditional Internet openness tools into trade talks.A top Google executive on Wednesday blamed overly secret procedures for contributing to the American public’s fear of trade agreements that threatens congressional ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and said it is past time to revamp negotiating procedures and provide more transparency by bringing traditional Internet openness tools into trade talks....

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