Key Points: * Global data flows underpinning cross-border digital trade have moved centre stage in international trade negotiations. New trade law disciplines on the free flow of data are included in a number of international trade deals. * The European Union (EU) has a key role to play in the global governance of the protection of personal data. The EU’s strict data protection regime has sometimes been framed as a digital trade barrier. * This article juxtaposes the EU’s governance of fundamental rights to privacy and data protection with external trade policy on cross-border data flows. * The process of aligning EU’s normative approach to personal data protection with its external trade policy has been, until very recently, riddled with contradictions. * The article concludes with an assessment of the EU’s recent horizontal strategy on cross-border data flows and personal data protection in trade and investment agreements, which aims to align EU external policy.

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反对隐私的贸易：协调欧盟对个人数据流的治理与对外贸易

要点： *支撑跨境数字贸易的全球数据流已成为国际贸易谈判的中心舞台。关于数据自由流动的新贸易法规则包含在许多国际贸易协议中。* 欧盟 (EU) 在保护个人数据的全球治理中发挥着关键作用。欧盟严格的数据保护制度有时被视为数字贸易壁垒。* 本文将欧盟对隐私和数据保护基本权利的治理与跨境数据流动的对外贸易政策并列。* 直到最近，将欧盟个人数据保护的规范方法与其对外贸易政策相结合的过程一直充满矛盾。