France's foreign minister called the U.S.’s move a “stab in the back” after France was pushed out of a multibillion-dollar deal to supply submarines to Australia
a multibillion-dollar deal to supply submarines to Australia
“This brutal, unilateral and unpredictable decision reminds me a lot of what Mr. Trump used to do,” Mr. Le Drian said. “I am angry and bitter. This isn’t done between allies.” While the strategy aims to open up new trade and export markets in the region and reduce Europe’s economic and supply-chain dependence on China, it was also pitched as Europe’s effort to work with democratic partners like the U.S., Japan, India and Australia to respond to China’s growing assertiveness in the region.
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