Trump wants ‘fair treatment’ in fight over Labor’s levy on tech giants to pay for news, US trade group warns

A major US trade group has criticized Australia's expansion of its News Bargaining Incentive, which makes tech platforms pay for local journalism. The National Foreign Trade Council expressed disappointment at including LinkedIn, and, as The Guardian reports, issued a veiled warning about how Trump might respond, amid ongoing trade tensions—with new tariffs on Australian goods already in place.

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