Australia will be given an exemption from strict US export control laws to help accelerate the delivery of its $368 billion AUKUS submarine deal, under a bipartisan proposal making its way through Congress.
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Australia’s ambassador to the US, Kevin Rudd, said it would also allow America to share its highly sensitive information and technology secrets by granting Australia a “national exemption” to get through the maze of regulations and export control laws that govern the agreement. Under the plan Australia will buy at least three Virginia-class submarines from the US while building capacity to develop its own locally made nuclear-powered subs, sometime in the 2040s.The initiative reached a significant milestone last week when three Brisbane submariners became the first group of Royal Australian Navy personnelHuntington Ingalls Industries’ shipbuilding yard in Newport News, Virginia.
To that end, the approval by the Foreign Relations Committee, which has jurisdiction over armed export controls and ship transfers, was an important boost for AUKUS, however there is still a long way to go before all the relevant AUKUS legislation makes it through Congress.“to breaking point”
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