US Deputy Secretary of State says AUKUS maintains bipartisan support in US

US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell has moved to quell concerns the AUKUS submarine deal could be under threat if there is a change of government at the next US election. Dr Campbell told a US think tank that the submarine deal still enjoys strong bipartisan support in Washington DC. “I believe from my conversation and engagements on Capitol Hill that those sentiments are widely shared,” he said. “I think they are completely shared in the Democratic Party, and I think they are shared largely in the Republican Party. “There is a strain in American politics that is isolationist and nationalistic, and I think tempted to go it alone and seeing foreign partnerships rather as encumbering, and many of these allies are not to be trusted. “I do not believe those views comport with the sentiments of the American public or the general policy platforms of either parties.”