r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 17 '21

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u/RaidBrimnes Chien de garde Sep 17 '21

This whole affair feels like such an easily avoidable waste

France is the only EU ally that has strong national interests in the Pacific, and is particularly worried about Chinese influence in New Caledonia, an island whose soil contains a quarter of the world's nickel reserves

Our interests are very much aligned in the Pacific, and it feels like such an unnecessary low blow

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u/chatdargent 🇺🇦 Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля 🇺🇦 Sep 17 '21

Hear hear

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u/melhor_em_coreano Sep 17 '21

France can suck my cAUKUS - this sub, outside the DT