Australia and Canada should join forces to become a powerful voice that could help manage tensions between the US and China as competition intensifies in the Indo-Pacific, former foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop says.
recently suggested they could form a single country called “Ozanda”, citing the countries’ vast land masses “populated by comparatively few people and dangerous wildlife”, their membership of the Commonwealth and the fact that they are both a hot spot for immigration and rich natural resources.
If it is passed in full by Congress, Australia would be given a 20-year exemption from strict US export control laws to help accelerate the delivery of its $368 billion deal.reported in May that the country was making efforts to have a greater say, amid fears that it could be excluded from valuable intelligence and technology sharing, which make up so-called “Pillar 2” under the deal.
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