US Threatens Trade War Over Australia's New Tech Tax

Republicans in Washington are loading the guns, and Australia is in the crosshairs. Senior US political activist Grover Norquist has warned that the Trump administration is preparing a Section 301 trade investigation into Australia's News Bargaining Incentive, a policy that imposes a 2.5 per cent tax on the local advertising revenue of platforms like Meta, Google, and Microsoft unless they strike deals with local media. "We're probably not going to start shooting at...