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Wall Street Journal
4 days ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Trump Can Launch the Aukus Security Agreement to the Stars
Time has borne out what I said to President Trump on the White House South Lawn in September 2019: While Australia may look to the U.S. as a vital ally, we will never leave it to America alone to deal with security issues. In that spirit, in early 2020 as prime minister I assigned a small team to engage Washington about the possibility of Australia acquiring nuclear-powered submarine technology. Two years later the Aukus agreement among Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. was born, amid bipartisan support in all three nations. Now, it's time for Aukus to grow, and Mr. Trump is the right person for the job. Aukus is a platform for collective deterrence against an axis of autocratic regimes threatening global and regional security, especially in the Indo-Pacific. The agreement's first pillar enables Australia's acquisition of its first nuclear-powered sub fleet. Its second pillar facilitates cooperation on advanced military capabilities, from quantum computing to hypersonic missiles. The Chinese Communist Party opposed Aukus vehemently—confirming its strategic value.
CNA
4 days ago
- Business
- CNA
Australia's Albanese confident on AUKUS after British leader says it will proceed
SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed comments by his British counterpart at the G7 that Britain and the United States will proceed with the AUKUS nuclear submarine treaty with Australia, despite a Pentagon review. "We're proceeding with that, it's a really important deal to both of us," British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told reporters when asked about AUKUS, standing next to US President Donald Trump after they met on Monday to discuss trade and security. "I think the president is doing a review, we did a review when we came into government so that makes good sense to me," he added. Albanese had been scheduled to hold his first meeting with Trump the next day to press support for AUKUS, however the White House announced Trump would leave the G7 early. Albanese later told reporters that AUKUS held "great advantages" for the three partners. "That is why we support AUKUS and that is why I am confident that all three nations will continue to provide support for it," he told reporters in Calgary. In 2023, the United States, Australia and Britain unveiled details of the plan to provide Australia with nuclear-powered attack submarines from the early 2030s to counter China's ambitions in the Indo-Pacific. A Pentagon official said last week the administration was reviewing AUKUS to ensure it was "aligned with the President's America First agenda".
Reuters
4 days ago
- Business
- Reuters
Australia's Albanese confident on AUKUS after British leader says it will proceed
SYDNEY, June 17 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed comments by his British counterpart at the G7 that Britain and the United States will proceed with the AUKUS nuclear submarine treaty with Australia, despite a Pentagon review. "We're proceeding with that, it's a really important deal to both of us," British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told reporters when asked about AUKUS, standing next to U.S. President Donald Trump after they met on Monday to discuss trade and security. "I think the president is doing a review, we did a review when we came into government so that makes good sense to me," he added. Albanese had been scheduled to hold his first meeting with Trump the next day to press support for AUKUS, however the White House announced Trump would leave the G7 early. Albanese later told reporters that AUKUS held "great advantages" for the three partners. "That is why we support AUKUS and that is why I am confident that all three nations will continue to provide support for it," he told reporters in Calgary. In 2023, the United States, Australia and Britain unveiled details of the plan to provide Australia with nuclear-powered attack submarines from the early 2030s to counter China's ambitions in the Indo-Pacific. A Pentagon official said last week the administration was reviewing AUKUS to ensure it was "aligned with the President's America First agenda".
NHK
5 days ago
- Politics
- NHK
Australian PM Albanese: AUKUS serves US interests
As the US rethinks its role in the AUKUS security pact, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he'll ask Donald Trump to stay committed to the framework. Albanese says it serves American interests. Albanese said AUKUS, which calls for Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States to expand their fleets of nuclear-powered submarines "is something that will make the Indo-Pacific area more secure. That is in the interests of the United States." Albanese will hold his first in-person meeting with the US president Tuesday on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Canada. At a news conference Sunday, Albanese touted the benefits America reaps from the pact, pointing to submarines Canberra will buy from Washington and access to Australian shipyards that will extend US subs' reach. AUKUS was signed in 2021 by Australia, the UK and the US during the Biden administration. Under the pact, Australia will acquire nuclear-powered attack subs from America in the 2030s.
Free Malaysia Today
5 days ago
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
Australian PM to press Trump on tariffs, defence pact
The Aukus deal aims to arm Australia with a fleet of cutting-edge, nuclear-powered submarines. (EPA Images pic) SYDNEY : Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he will meet with US President Donald Trump at next week's G7 meeting in Canada where he plans to discuss trade tariffs and a defence pact put under review by Washington. The G7 summit starting today in the Canadian Rockies town of Kananaskis marks the first major global gathering of Trump's second term. 'We do have a meeting scheduled,' Albanese told reporters, adding that he expected 'a constructive engagement'. 'We'll raise tariffs, we'll raise the importance as well of Aukus, and we will have a discussion as two friends should,' he said from Seattle, as he makes his way to the G7 summit. The 2021 Aukus deal joins Australia, the UK and the US in a multi-decade effort to balance China's growing military might. The deal aims to arm Australia with a fleet of cutting-edge, nuclear-powered submarines from the US and provides for cooperation in developing an array of warfare technologies. The Trump administration put the pact under review last week, but Australian officials said it was 'perfectly natural for an incoming administration to do'. 'The context of the Aukus discussions will be what Australia contributes, the potential that Aukus has to allow for a range of benefits to the US,' he said. Australia, a close US ally, has been slugged with a blanket 10% tariff on goods exported to the US – rising to 50% on steel and aluminium – as part of Trump's sweeping global duties 'I will put forward Australia's interests respectfully, because it is also in the interest of the US for Australia to be treated appropriately,' Albanese said.
