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Aukus vital to ‘deter Chinese aggression’, say US lawmakers, as Trump urged to recommit to submarine deal

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Republican and Democrat lawmakers urge Pentagon to recommit to the Aukus deal with Australia and the UK .

Trump administration announced this month it would undertake a 30-day review of the deal.

Deal struck in 2021 that would see US nuclear submarines sold to Australia and new-design nuclear-powered submarines built in the UK and Australia .

US under secretary of defence for policy at the Pentagon , Elbridge Colby , is leading the review.

US navy already has a shortfall of submarines, expected to worsen over coming years .

Shipyards in America are running up to three years late in building new Virginia -class submarines.

UK parliament announced its own inquiry into Aukus in April , which will examine whether geopolitical shifts since the initial agreement in 2021 ’ have rendered the agreement unworkable.