'Benjamin Franklin would have been proud. An exquisite linguistic ceasefire between the US and France was crafted this week in the finest tradition of the founding father and diplomat.' | Analysis by StCollinson and MelissaBellCNN
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Benjamin Franklin would have been proud. An exquisite linguistic ceasefire between the US and France was crafted this week in the finest tradition of the founding father and diplomat. After days of fury in Paris over a US-UK-Australian agreement that killed France's deal to build conventional submarines for Canberra, Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron got on the phone. Now we know why it took so long. Likely wrung from hours of drafting of loaded language and translations, the resulting joint statement is a masterpiece of diplomatic elusiveness that saves face on each side.
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