Australia’s centre-left Labor government believes the deal is necessary given Chinese military buildup in the region
Australia has “absolutely” not vowed to support the U.S. in a conflict over Taiwan in return for U.S. Virginia-class submarines, Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Sunday.
Australia’s centre-left Labor government believes the A$368-billion deal is necessary given Chinese military buildup in the region, which it has labelled the largest since World War Two. Queried on if there was a “quid pro quo” owed to the U.S. flowing from the submarines deal, Marles said: “Absolutely not.”
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