AUKUS Defense Free-Trade Zone May Face Uphill Climb

A new report by Australia’s United States Studies Center urges the AUKUS alliance to step up defense trade harmonization. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and U.S. President Joe Biden are pictured at a bilateral meeting at Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, on March 13, 2023.


 

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The AUKUS alliance’s nascent defense free-trade zone requires more compliance relief to come to fruition, the Sydney-based United States Studies Center says in a new report. While acknowledging the important step recently taken by the U.S. State Department to certify the comparability of Australian...
Matthew Fulco

Matthew Fulco is Business Editor for Aviation Week, focusing on commercial aerospace and defense.

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