# Trump seeks ‘fair treatment’ in Australia’s tech levy dispute as US trade group warns

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- The Guardian, 2026-08-04 07:06 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/04/australia-news-bargaining-incentive-us-trade-trump-albanese

> The National Foreign Trade Council has criticized the Albanese government’s decision to broaden Australia’s News Bargaining Incentive. The expansion would bring Microsoft’s LinkedIn into a scheme requiring more major technology platforms to contribute to Australian journalism. The US trade body said it was disappointed and issued a veiled warning about how Donald Trump might react to what it called a deteriorating trend. Australian experts, however, argue that the government’s action does not go far enough.