Germany warns of lost trust over AUKUS

By Philip Blenkinsop and Robin Emmott
Updated September 21 2021 - 8:05pm, first published 8:02pm
France has urged EU partners to consider delaying talks on a trade agreement with Australia.
France has urged EU partners to consider delaying talks on a trade agreement with Australia.

Germany has joined France in berating the United States for negotiating a security pact in secret with Australia and Britain that cost Paris a lucrative defence deal, while the EU's top official says such behaviour is unacceptable.

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