US, Australia to Unveil Submarine Pact to Counter China
; and the plan offers the prospect of jobs in all three countries.In lanching AUKUS, Australia abruptly abruptly cancelled a deal to buy conventional submarines from France, leading Paris to accuse its allies of betrayal.Sunak will travel to the United States after meeting French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, an attempt to repair ties between the two countries.Britain, which left the European Union in 2020, says AUKUS will create new jobs in Britain and help boost its economy's low growth rate.Under the initial AUKUS deal announced in 2021, the United States and Britain agreed to provide
Floating Wind: French, Japanese Firms Partner
to jointly develop a commercial-scale floating offshore wind project (OWF) off the coasts of Kyushu in Japan.The agreement was signed in Tokyo today by Paul de la Guérivière, CEO of Ideol, and Masaya Hasegawa, Representative Director of Shizen Energy, during the state visit of Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic. Bruno Le Maire, French Minister of Economy, attended the signing ceremony.The wind farm will use Ideol's damping pool technology by, and Shizen will offer its local project development experience.While the companies are currently examining the implementation
Macron Approves Offshore Windpower Projects
Leading executives at French energy groups EDF and Engie said on Twitter that several offshore windpower projects had been "confirmed" by President Emmanuel Macron."Happy to see @EmmanuelMacron confirmed our three parks," EDF executive Bruno Bensasson said in a post on the Twitter messaging network.Engie executive Gwenaelle Huet also said that Macron had approved the windpower projects in a similar Twitter post.The future of the projects had been in some doubt after the French senate earlier this year rejected a government proposal to renegotiate and possibly cancel projects to
France sinks Japanese, German Sub Bids
of its offering and the benefits to the broader relationship. "This is a great opportunity for DCNS because they will work with the Australian navy for the long run as it is a series of contracts and a huge opportunity to invest more and to develop business," French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said on the sidelines of a trade fair in Hannover, Germany. Japan had offered to build Australia a variant of its 4,000 tonne Soryu submarine, a deal that would have cemented closer strategic and defence ties with two of Washington's key Asia-Pacific allies, but risked antagonizing China
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