• The president clarified that the submarines going to Australia would be “nuclear-powered, not nuclear-armed.”
• China, nevertheless, blasted the three countries, arguing that the deal could violate the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
• “The latest joint statement issued by the U.S., U.K., and Australia shows that the three countries have gone further down the wrong and dangerous path for their own geopolitical self-interest, completely ignoring the concerns of the international community,” China spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Tuesday.

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