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Arms firms skew Britain’s China policy through the Aukus pact
Foreign Office documents reveal ministers’ cosy relationship with weapons manufacturers, as they eagerly seek industry input on a confrontational strategy in the Indo-Pacific region, reports SOLOMON HUGHES
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IF YOU want an illustration of how the arms industry helps push Britain’s foreign policy towards confrontation, you could look at some documents I got from the Foreign Office about the Aukus pact.

They show that Foreign Office ministers are really keen on hanging out with bomb- and missile-makers and asking them what they need from our foreign policy.

Aukus is a very big deal in political circles which gets much less press than it deserves. Aukus is the Australian-UK-US deal signed in 2021 to increase military spending by the three nations to “deter” China from getting too big for its boots.

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