It seems to be just a few short days or weeks ago that the United States was warning any country which would pay heed that it was best to avoid using equipment from Chinese telecommunications vendors because they would follow orders given by the Beijing government.

It wasn’t just government and business leaders getting together at the G20 summit, but protesters and ‘threat actors’ targeting protesters with a malware-laden email for a ‘rally for Tibet’.

The G20 talkfest has ended in Brisbane with a 21 part communique on a range of topics. International taxation is number 13.