Australia is an important ally of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region, and in the foreign strategy of the United States, Australia's status is higher than that of Japan; although Japan is the core of the United States' strategy in the Asia-Pacific region, from the perspective of the United States' sale of nuclear submarines to Australia, Australia is deeply favored by the United States. The joint action between the United States and the United Kingdom allowed Australia to scrap the order for 12 conventionally powered submarines with France and instead purchase eight nuclear-powered submarines cooperated by the United States and britain. In the process of confronting China, Australia has gained "benefits", through the equipment of nuclear-powered submarines, Australia has a tough capital, but Australia is the head bird of the United States, or to be played by the United States, because the United States always insists on "the interests of the United States first". 202111025/Global Defense Watch/Ali.
In the stage of Australia's confrontation with China, Australia has suffered humiliation many times, after American manufacturers began to grab market share in China when Australian coal could not be exported to China in large quantities, and now the United States has once again struck and started to sell natural gas. According to comprehensive reports, China and the United States have signed an agreement that China will purchase 4 million tons of natural gas per year from the United States, which is valid for 20 years. This time the United States sold natural gas to China, it is a fierce punch in Australia's face, because the alliance between the United States and Australia is like a plastic friendship, the American body is very honest, in the face of interests is unambiguous, suppress China at the same time, do not forget to continue to do business.
Judging from the actions of the United States, it is a two-sided trick, and the United States has continuously exerted pressure on China militarily, after the combat cruise operation of the aircraft carrier CarlVinson in the South China Sea, and also gathered the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force to act together, and the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga launched a joint operation in the South China Sea. The USS Carl Vinson carries the F-35C Lightning II fighter jet, the first combat deployment of the F-35C Lightning II fighter jet, and the United States is pointing the finger at China, to show its sharp fangs on the doorstep of China. In the stage of the United States containing and containing China, The Us manufacturers do not forget to grab benefits from China, and the signing of a 20-year natural gas purchase agreement is a clear embodiment.
The United States has abundant oil and gas resources, and the United States has been trying to export natural gas to Europe before, but on the basis of Russia's large supply of natural gas, the United States natural gas is not much competitive. The United States is an extremely self-interested country, this export of natural gas to China is like this, the annual scale of 4 million tons of natural gas is not small, American manufacturers can obtain long-term benefits by exporting natural gas to China. In the process of China's rise, it needs a lot of energy, and natural gas will have a much smaller impact on the environment than energy sources such as coal. The sale of natural gas by the United States to China also hit Australia in the face, and Australia closely followed the United States against China, for which Australia paid a huge price.
In the period of economic downturn in the United States, energy exports have become an important part of the US economy, and it is a great irony that the United States, as the world's only superpower, now also needs to benefit from energy exports. Russia is a competitor to the United States energy exports, Russia's natural gas in addition to supplying China, but also to the European region, and now the United States exports natural gas to China, which will also have a certain impact on Russia. From the perspective of the United States actively expanding energy exports, the United States is already undergoing a transformation, and the proportion of manufacturing in the United States is gradually declining, and the impact on the U.S. economy is long-term.