ABC News Online: Ambassador intervenes after Mike Pompeo warns US could 'disconnect' from Australia over Victoria's Belt and Road deal
The US ambassador to Australia has played down a suggestion from his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that his nation could "simply disconnect" from Australia if Victoria's trade deal with Beijing threatened its telecommunication security.
On Sunday morning, Mr Pompeo said while he was not aware of the detail of Victoria's agreement, it could impact his nation's Five Eyes intelligence-sharing partnership with Australia.
In an interview with Sky News, Mr Pompeo warned the Belt and Road agreement with the Andrews Government increased the Chinese communist regime's ability to do "harm".
China's trillion-dollar Belt and Road initiative (BRI) is a global infrastructure push aiming to recreate the glory days of China's ancient Silk Road trade routes.
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Update: Warning US could ‘disconnect’ from Australia over Belt and Road deal with China hosed down (News.com.au)
WNU Editor: The US ambassador to Australia is playing down a suggestion from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the U.S. could "simply disconnect" from Australia if Victoria's trade deal with Beijing will impact telecommunication security. The problem with the US ambassador's remarks is that he is not the boss. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is. My prediction. Details on Victoria's trade deal with Beijing have not been released. But if it does threaten Australia's telecommunications agreement with the U.S., I am sure it is going to be blocked.
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"Details on Victoria's trade deal with Beijing have not been released. But if it does threaten Australia's telecommunications agreement with the U.S., I am sure it is going to be blocked."
Don't the Australian diplomats know the details of the Australia's telecommunications agreement with the U.S.?
If so why negotiate a deal with China that would be DOA?
- To see if the US would flip?
- To cause an uproar?
- Because it is a process and process is what bureaucrats do. Does not matter if it is a good process or bad process, so long as you are seen as engaged in a process, then all is good. You are doing your job.
No, it's very simple. As an Aussie, let me explain.
The Premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews is the leader of the Labour Party,from the left.
Just as your DemoKKKrats love China more than their own country, so to does Daniel and the Labour party. Its a symptom of the left, all around the world.
Victoria is only one state and his viewpoint isn't indicative of the rest of the country...
So the U. S (Trump tells Aust) to get tough on Ausyralia, Australia is responsible for embarrassing China on World stage and created the momentum for the who corona investigation.
China retaliate by attempting to destroy our barley industry, the U. S farmers take advantage of the situation to attempt to undercut and steal our trade lol.
We have paid in blood for every U. S war and always punched well above our weight, don't threaten us with disconne tion over a legal trade deal.
Close pine gap then who's disconnected?!, you are blind.
Did the American take over the Barley exports to China, when China started boycotting American pork?
How does that work?
Australia as far as I know was not in Iraq. They were in the rear with the gear in Kuwait. Poland, Ukraine and smaller countries were in Iraq.
I am trying to remember what Pacific islands the Australians took.
Iwo Jima?
Tarawa
Saipan?
Guadacanal?
The Phillipines?
The Australians were at Port Moresby, but waht about the break out on the North coast of
Papua New Guinea?
Trump called it the China virus. That did not embarrass Xi?
Though Fazman and I rarely agree, he is right when it comes to Nam. This I saw with my own eyes.
4:04 Thank you
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