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US claims digital code breaks free trade deal

A powerful coalition of American government and business organisations attacked the government's crackdown on Facebook and Google, saying it discriminates against Silicon Valley technology giants and breaches the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement.

Google, Facebook, Twitter, Atlassian, the US Chamber of Commerce and the "father of the internet" strongly oppose the proposed legislation, which is designed to level the playing field between digital companies and news publishers.

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Miranda Ward is a journalist covering media and marketing for The Australian Financial Review based in the Sydney office. Connect with Miranda on Twitter. Email Miranda at miward@afr.com
John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com

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