The European Union is preparing new cloud-computing rules that could majorly restrict the ability of U.S. technology giants such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft to win contracts for highly sensitive government and public sector projects.

Europe plans to propose strict criteria for cloud computing services in highly critical state tenders that could exclude Amazon, Microsoft, and ‌Google from such projects, according to documents seen by Reuters.

Reuters reports that the EU's draft framework reflects........

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