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A clause allows companies with investments in Australia to sue the government for decisions that breach treaty obligations.

How Google could sue Australia for billions Share Google and Facebook could sue the government for billions of dollars over a proposed law to force the digital giants to pay publishers for displaying news content, by seizing on investment clauses in the Australia-Singapore trade agreement, international treaty experts and Senator Rex Patrick have warned. The government’s proposed media bargaining code could be vulnerable to a challenge in international arbitration by the Silicon Valley companies under so-called investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) rules. Google and Facebook are pushing ...