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The subtext of France and Australia’s submarine deal

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It was supposed to be an announcement of a pact, not the start of a foreign relations crisis between allies. But as Australia announced a new security partnership with the UK and the US, dubbed AUKUS, it also canceled a multi-billion dollar contract to buy submarines from France. So how did an abandoned deal for a dozen submarines turn into the diplomatic version of a lover's quarrel?

In this episode: 

• Natacha Butler (@natachabut), Al Jazeera Paris correspondent 
• David Brophy (@Dave_Brophy), Senior Lecturer in Modern Chinese History at the University of Sydney

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