An Australian-EU trade deal would be mutually beneficial and allow EU members a greater presence in the Indo-Pacific, Australia's trade minister said, as Canberra tries to repair ties with Paris after the scrapping of a $40 billion submarine deal
Australia last week cancelled a deal with France's Naval Group to build a fleet of conventional submarines and will instead build at least eight nuclear-powered submarines with U.S. and British technology after striking a trilateral security partnership with those two countries.The cancellation has angered France, which accused both Australia and the United States of stabbing it in the back, and it recalled its ambassadors from both Canberra and Washington.
Australia's Minister for Trade Dan Tehan on Wednesday urged the EU to progress ahead with a trade deal."The EU will use it as a way to strengthen its engagement with the Indo-Pacific because they realise that the region carries the economic weight of the world.
Morrison is in the United States to attend the quadrilateral security dialogue, made up of India, Japan, the United States and Australia - which convenes later this week.
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