The new trilateral partnership

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The French Embassy in Washington also canceled a gala Thursday evening that was to celebrate the long-standing alliance between the United States and France.
Biden, for his part, announced a new deal to help Australia acquire nuclear submarines as part of a trilateral security pact with the UK and the US as a “historic step” to update US alliances to face new challenges.

, called AUKUS, is part of a larger effort by Biden to develop partnerships in the Indo-Pacific to compete with China in military, economic and diplomatic dimensions.
He also invited the leaders of Australia, India and Japan to the White House next week for the first in-person summit of the so-called “Quad” countries.
But the AUKUS agreement not only outraged France, which had not phone number library been informed in advance, it also came just a day before the EU was set to present its own much-anticipated Indo-Pacific strategy, embarrassing Europeans as they sought to exercise their own geopolitical muscle.
Between the lines: This move could be in part intended for national design after a major international snub and with a presidential election looming in April.

To note: The French ambassador to the UK is not being recalled, a source close to the situation told Axios. The source provided no explanation for this decision.

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PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday unveiled a mock-up of the next generation of greener very high-speed trains, known in France as TGV – four decades after the launch of the first TGV.

During a presentation at the Gare de Lyon in Paris, Macron highlighted the ecological aspect of the new train.