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U.S. cloud computing companies could lose between $21.5 billion and $35 billion by 2016 due tonglobal concerns about government access to data after the revelations about U.S. surveillance programs,nsaid the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation in a report Monday (http://bit.ly/151a22J).nU.S. cloud companies could lose 10-20 percent of the foreign market to European and Asian competitorsnas foreign governments and their citizens express concerns about the U.S. government having access tonuser data through the Internet surveillance program Prism, the report said. "After PRISM, the case for nationalnclouds or other protectionist measures is even easier to make." To protect American companies innthe global cloud market, the report suggested the U.S. government "proactively set the record straightnabout what information it does and does not have access to and how this level of access compares to otherncountries," and "work to establish international transparency requirements" through international agreementsnsuch as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.