whereas small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are key drivers of both the EU and the US economies and the major drivers of employment, and whereas the free flow of data has created new opportunities for SMEs to engage in international trade and to better access new markets on other continents;
ker so mala in srednja podjetja (MSP) ključna gonilna sila gospodarstev EU in ZDA ter pomembna gonilna sila zaposlovanja in ker je prosti pretok podatkov malim in srednim podjetjem ustvaril nove priložnosti za sodelovanje v mednarodni trgovini in boljši dostop do novih trgov na drugih celinah;