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US reassures livid France after Australia scraps submarine deal

French President Emmanuel Macron and Australia's then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull stand on the deck of HMAS Waller submarine in May 2018 in Sydney as Paris fulfilled a major new contract that has since been scrapped

The United States on Thursday struggled to contain the fallout after France furiously protested Australia's scrapping of a major arms deal in favor of US nuclear submarines.

China accused the United States of setting off an arms race.

Originally published as US reassures livid France after Australia scraps submarine deal

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