WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on reports that the Trump Administration has launched a formal review of the AUKUS defense pact:
“News that the Trump Administration is considering backing away from AUKUS will be met with cheers in Beijing, which is already celebrating America’s global pullback and our strained ties with allies under President Trump. Scrapping this partnership would further tarnish America’s reputation and raise more questions among our closest defense partners about our reliability. And at a moment when we face mounting threats from the PRC and Russia, we should be encouraging our partners to raise their defense spending and partnering with them on the latest technologies – not doing the opposite.”
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