The Government’s Online Laws at Backburner when trying to negotiate us customs threats
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The Government’s Online Laws at Backburner when trying to negotiate us customs threats

The Greens have accused Labor of bending before technical billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg in an attempt to keep Donald Trump on the site, after the government kicked security reforms online in the long grass in the middle of ongoing customs safety.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday left the door open to repay if the US president ignore the decades long commercial surplus and close bilateral relationship and capture Australian steel, copper and aluminum in his customs law.

Trump announced on Tuesday a break of 30 days before customs against Mexico and Canada, but his sector-based tariffs, which could also capture computer chips, medicines and oil and gas imports, could be introduced as soon as mid-February.

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His 10 percent tariff in China also continues, with Beijing to take revenge by introducing 15 percent taxes on US goods, which will also have an economic effect on Australia.

Australia avoided steel and aluminum tariffs during the latest Trump presidency, and Dr. Chalmers said that the government was convinced that it could “navigate” politics this time, but left his alternatives open when asked if Canberra would be avenged with his own customs.

“I don’t want to prevent it. It is not our preference and it is not something we are considering or considering, ”he said.

“We did a lot of work before the election to look at the possible consequences of trade voltage and it has helped to inform our strategy.”

Dr. Chalmers met now-USA’s financial secretary before the November election, while Defense Minister Richard Marles is coming to Washington this week to meet his equivalent in a further attempt to increase the new appearance. Trademan Minister Don Farrell is waiting for his equivalent Howard Lutnick’s confirmation before the couple can officially speak.

“All these conversations, all that asset, I think it is good for our ability to make our case of American friends and counterparts about this mutually favorable economic relationship. All our efforts are about ensuring that a mutually favorable economic relationship between two countries continues to be just that, ”Dr. Chalmers said.

“Our economic relationship differs greatly from the US economic relationship with Canada or Mexico or China or the countries that have been President Trump’s focus. We have had the opportunity to put that opinion, and we will have more opportunities in the future to put that opinion. “

Treasurer Jim Chalmers.Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Credit: AAP

When the labor attempts to cement an exception, the green have accused the government of supporting tough technical regulations to keep Trump on the side through his right man’s Musk, and Zuckerberg.

The claim came as Minister of Communications Michelle Rowland presented the Online Safety Act Review, which was implemented by the highest public servant Delia Rickard, in Parliament on Tuesday – but has not yet revealed the government’s official response to the report’s 67 recommendations.

Heads among them such as meta, Apple and Google would be threatened with billions of dollars if they violate a new “duty of care” enforced by the Esafety Commissioner, which requires them to be proactive when it comes to preventing child utilization, online hatred and hate and hate content that promotes abuse or eating disorders.

The Government has previously undertaken to legislate a duty of care, but it seems unlikely that it will be done before the election with consultation with industry and society that is still ongoing.

Another recommendation was that companies would meet fines of the larger $ 50 million or five percent of global sales. The government legislated a fine of $ 50 million along with its ban on children using social media, but it still decides whether it will add that percentage strategy.

The Greens have urged the government “not to be weak before Elon Musk, Donald Trump and Mark Zuckerberg”.

“We see the technology broses in the United States that call the shots when it comes to politics, billionaires that constitute politics that they consider appropriate, at the expense of public health and social security. We can’t afford to let it happen here, ”said communication spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young.

“They are bullies, and you don’t answer the bullies by being weak … you come out, you confront them and you take on them.”

The government is soon expected to say more about the review’s recommendations.

When the green proposal was brought to the minister, a spokesman for Rowland said that the government was involved in holding Australians, especially young people, securing online.

“While the government continues to work throughout the list with 67 recommendations, we have already made important recommendations from the review, including legislation increased penalties for violations of the Online Safety Act from less than $ 1 million to almost $ 50 million,” they said, too points to the social media ban for during the 16th century.