the exceptional seriousness of the announcements made on september 15th, which it says constitutes unacceptable behaviour from allies and partners. this is not mostly about the commercial nature or the money. this submarine deal that france had signed with australia four years ago was really the underpinning of france underpinning of france's presence in the indo pacific. this is a country, one of the two main european countries in the region that was conducting freedom of navigation operation in the south china sea. this is at a time when the biden administration had said that he wants to work with european allies to confront china's assertiveness. the us says france is its oldest ally, and the defence secretary has spoken to his french counterpart to try to resolve their differences. it was clear from the discussion that there is still much work to do
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