By John Irish, Michel Rose and Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) -France accused U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday of stabbing it in the back and acting like his predecessor Donald Trump after Paris was pushed aside from a historic defence export contract to supply Australia for submarines. The United States, Britain and Australia announced they would establish a security partnership for the Indo-Pacific that will help Australia acquire U.S. nuclear-powered submarines and scrap the $40 billion French-designed submarine deal. This brutal, unilateral and unpredictable decision reminds me a lot of what Mr Trump used to do, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told franceinfo radio. I am angry and bitter. This isn t done between allies. It is the latest dramatic twist in a contest that has seen naval shipbuilding powers battle for years over what many observers called the world s largest single arms export deal. In 2016, Australia had selected French shipbuilder Naval Group to build a new subma
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