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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Tom McIlroy and Sarah Basford Canales

Fate of Aukus nuclear submarine deal may be delayed months as UK and Australia wait on Trump review

USS Minnesota (SSN-783) Virginia-class fast attack submarine off the coast of Perth, Western Australia.
A Virginia-class submarine off the coast of Perth, Western Australia. The author of the UK’s Aukus review, Sir Stephen Lovegrove, has called for better strategic communications to maintain public ‘legitimacy’ for the multi-decade deal. Photograph: Colin Murty/AAP

Australia and the UK potentially face months of more uncertainty over the future of the Aukus agreement, amid expectations a snap Trump administration review of the nuclear submarines deal will extend well beyond its initial 30-day timeframe.

The author of Britain’s Aukus review, Sir Stephen Lovegrove, said both countries would contribute to the Pentagon assessment but warned there was “a way to go” yet before advice to US president Donald Trump was settled.

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