Aukus vital to ‘deter Chinese aggression’, say US lawmakers, as Trump urged to recommit to submarine deal
by Ben Doherty from World news | The Guardian on (#6Y67J)
Alliance in best interests of Australia, UK and US, say lawmakers, after Trump administration announced 30-day review of pact
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The Aukus pact is vital to deter Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific region", Republican and Democrat lawmakers in the US have told the Pentagon, urging the US to recommit to the nuclear submarine deal with Australia and the UK.
The Trump administration announced this month it would undertake a 30-day review of the Aukus agreement - the deal struck in 2021 that would see US nuclear submarines sold to Australia, and new-design nuclear-powered Aukus submarines built in the UK and Australia.
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