Australia Could Face Pressure to Follow US Tax and Deregulation Trends

Formers ambassadors say U.S. policy will ripple through locally.

Australia's former Ambassador to the U.S. Joe Hockey at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Sept. 15, 2015. Stefan Postles/Getty Images

Australia’s former U.S. ambassadors say Trump administration policies will likely ripple through locally and force a rethink of Australia’s economic policies.

Former Ambassador to the U.S. Joe Hockey served as the country’s top diplomat to the United States from 2016 to 2020, during the previous Trump presidency.