European Union foreign ministers will on Monday discuss Australia's scrapping of a $40 billion submarine order with France, a move that has enraged Paris and cast a shadow over free trade talks between the EU and Australia.
It is not clear if the dispute will have implications for the next round of EU-Australia trade talks, scheduled for Oct. 12.
"We are analysing the impact of the AUKUS announcement and what the impact would be on this schedule," a Commission spokesperson said. Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament's trade committee, told a briefing, in English: "I guess this will not lead to stopping negotiations and talks with Australia, but they will be much more complicated."
Lange said the willingness of EU countries, and France in particular, to make compromises in trade talks, notably on agriculture, was likely to be "quite limited". The United States has sought to assuage the anger in France, a NATO ally. The French government said on Sunday that President Emmanuel Macron would have a call with U.S. President Joe Biden in the next few days.Our Standards:Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.
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