Washington | The Albanese government is being warned that a Pentagon review risks imperilling Australia’s nuclear submarine ambitions if the US administration takes a hardline stance on the threat from China in the coming years.

American national security experts familiar with the Trump administration, who spoke with The Australian Financial Review, viewed the most likely outcome of a 30-day review of the AUKUS pact would be a White House push for more investment from Canberra, either in its own defence hardware or for US shipbuilding facilities.