Trump tariff threat fuels concerns the news bargaining incentive announced in December could be delayed

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The Coalition and Greens have attacked federal Labor for moving too slowly to come up with a new way of making big tech companies pay Australian media companies for news content.

The design of the new initiative is yet to be determined, and a consultation paper on the code was due to be released early this year. But the threat of retaliatory tariffs from the US have fuelled concerns the news bargaining incentive, announced in December, could be delayed.

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