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Australia seeks more control over deals with foreign states

by Associated Press
| August 28, 2020 12:03 AM

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government will have the power to cancel deals struck with foreign nations by lower levels of government if it decide they violate the national interest under laws it will propose next week, officials said Thursday, as China warned against disrupting cooperation.

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