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EU and South Korea sign Digital Trade Agreement barring forced source code transfer

EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic and South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo signed a Digital Trade Agreement in Brussels, barring mandatory source code transfer, easing cross-border data flows and keeping each side's own data protection standards.

Verified AI-drafted EEAS press release, 10 June 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish that the agreement has entered into force; European Parliament consent and Council conclusion are still pending.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Signed trade rules on source code/data flows, no ownership/operation of any technology changes, EU-wide, not yet in force. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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