German minister proposes banning US companies that participate in US spying activities from doing business in the EU

Banned?

In an interview with Die Welt, the liberal Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger called for the creation of EU-wide rules to regulate the protection of information, and said that, once those rules are in place, "United States companies that don't abide by these standards should be denied doing business in the European market."  (refreshingnews)