U.S. Deepens Military Ties With Australia — SkimNews
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- Australia says it faces "the biggest conventional military buildup by any country in the world since the Second World War," attributing the buildup to China and requesting U.S. military assistance.
- The United States is deepening its military ties with Australia even as it simultaneously wages a trade war with Canada, presenting the two relationships on opposing tracks.
Why it matters: Australia's WWII-scale characterization of China's military buildup gives the deepening U.S.-Australia alliance a defined strategic target in the Indo-Pacific, while the simultaneous U.S. trade war with Canada underscores that Washington's security and economic alignments are moving in different directions.
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