Will AUKUS Get the Axe?

It would be a good thing if the U.S. ended the project, but I would be surprised if an administration obsessed with U.S.-China rivalry did this.

The Financial Times reports that the Trump administration is conducting a review of the technology-sharing AUKUS pact that may bring it to an end:

The Pentagon has launched a review of the 2021 Aukus submarine deal with the UK and Australia, throwing the security pact into doubt at a time of heightened tension with China.

The review to determine whether the US should scrap the project is being led by Elbridge Colby, a top defence department official who previously expressed scepticism about Aukus, according to six people familiar with the matter.

It would be a good thing if the U.S. ended the project, but I would be surprised if an administration obsessed with U.S.-China rivalry did this.