{"id":179523,"date":"2025-06-12T22:47:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T22:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/179523\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T22:47:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T22:47:18","slug":"pentagon-chief-assures-lawmakers-on-review-of-us-britain-australia-pact-as-china-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/179523\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon chief assures lawmakers on review of US-Britain-Australia pact as China looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress on Thursday he would involve lawmakers in a 30-day assessment of the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/aukus-alliance?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">Aukus alliance<\/a>, a day after the future of the three-country security pact was thrown into question by reports that the Pentagon was <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3314082\/trump-admin-launches-review-aukus-submarine-pact-australia-and-uk?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">putting it under review<\/a>.\u201cCongress will be involved,\u201d Hegseth said in response to a question from US congressman Joe Courtney, a Connecticut Democrat, who also raised concern about the time frame allocated for analysing the pact between <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/australia?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">Australia<\/a>, <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/britain?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">Britain<\/a> and the US.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cA 30-day review on a project that really took years to develop?\u201d Courtney asked during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee, while noting that China\u2019s dislike of Aukus was the alliance\u2019s \u201cultimate sort of endorsement\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Asked about Aukus in Beijing on Thursday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said China opposed \u201cmanufacturing bloc confrontation and anything that amplifies the risk of nuclear proliferation and exacerbates [an] arms race\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Aukus was launched in 2021 under then-US president <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/joe-biden?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> and is widely viewed as an alliance to counter China\u2019s regional influence and ambitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress on Thursday he would involve lawmakers in a 30-day assessment 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