UNITED NATIONS – Choosing a full-fledged confrontation with the United States due to the loss of a mega-contract for submarines for Australia, France is making a risky bet and other nations are not rushing to its defense.
After Australia renounced its deal for conventional submarines in favor of U.S. nuclear-powered ones, France took the extraordinary step of pulling its ambassadors from both Washington and Canberra for consultations.
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