Trump wants ‘fair treatment’ in fight over Labor’s levy on tech giants to pay for news, US trade group warns
by Josh Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#77EPR)
National Foreign Trade Council disappointed' at move to expand News Bargaining Incentive but Australian experts say government is not going far enough
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A major US trade body has rubbished the Albanese government's plan to make more big tech platforms pay for Australian journalism, issuing a veiled warning about how Donald Trump may respond to the deteriorating trend".
The National Foreign Trade Council said it was disappointed" at the Australian government's move to expand its News Bargaining Incentive (NBI) to take in Microsoft's LinkedIn, amid trade tensions between Washington and Canberra including newly increased tariffs on Australian goods.
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