Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will deliver a warning on the growing threat of conflict in the Indo-Pacific as he pushes leaders to restore penalties under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to combat economic coercion. The warning which comes ahead of his trip to the Group of Seven (G7) international summit in the United Kingdom (UK) has been reported by News Corp’s The Australian to be Morrison’s most direct yet, in which he will call for liberal democracies to reforge Cold War cooperation to better uphold a rules-based international order. This comes as Australia’s strategic environment has changed significantly over recent years, the Australian prime minister will say in a speech to the Perth USAsia Centre on June 9. “Accelerating trends are working against our interests. The Indo-Pacific region—Australia’s region—is the epicentre of renewed strategic competition. The risks of miscalculation and conflict are growing. And the technological edge enjoyed historically by Australia …