Us, UK win French order to Build Australia's nuclear submarines

In 2021, the US "backstabbed" France in terms of arms sales to win over Australia. In September 2021, the United States, Britain and Australia signed the Australia-Uk Defense Agreement (AUKUS), in which the United States and Britain promised to help Australia build nuclear submarines, prompting Australia to tear up the tens of billions of dollars of submarine orders with French enterprises. For this matter, the United States did not communicate with France in advance, and France angrily criticized the "stabbing in the back" of the United States. And immediately ordered the recall of French ambassadors from Washington and Canberra. The deal cost France $37bn (£27bn) in lost arms sales contracts. France won a contract in 2016 to build 12 submarines for the Australian Navy.

 

Paris said it only learned of the australia-US defence deal hours before it was announced. In a joint statement, the US and French presidents said open consultations between Allies would be beneficial. U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron spent half an hour on the phone. They will also meet in Europe late next month, possibly on the sidelines of the Group of 20 leaders' summit in Italy. France's anger was palpable when its foreign minister called the move "a knife in the back". Mr Macron ordered the recall of France's ambassadors from Washington and Canberra, a rare move between Allies.