Morrison denies lying to Macron - Taipei Times

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday denied that he lied to French President Emmanuel Macron while secretly negotiating a submarine deal with the US and the UK, an accusation that has escalated a rift over Canberra’s surprise cancelation of a French deal.
Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce suggested France was overreacting, saying: “We didn’t deface the Eiffel Tower.”
Australia in September dropped the five-year-old, A$90 million (US$67.5 million) contract with majority French state-owned Naval Group to build 12 conventional diesel-electric submarines. Instead, Australia formed an alliance with Britain and the US to acquire a fleet of eight nuclear-powered submarines built

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