Effected indignation and outrage, the US is as bad or worse at information gathering and using it to gain markets.
Our Australian government uses spying in military in all sorts of ways and helps the US gathering of intelligence with the likes of Pine Gap.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austra...berra%20office.
Is an example of how Australia treats it's close neighbours. That was not a security issue but for pure greed, cheating East Timor out of gas and fuel deposits.
Governments fein indignity and insult, truth be known they are as bad.