US Regulatory Barriers Put AUKUS at Risk: Report

The success of AUKUS could be at risk unless U.S. lawmakers are prepared to make further concessions toward Australia and the United Kingdom on arms trade regulations, according to a new report from the United States Studies Centre. The report, titled AUKUS enablers? Assessing Defence Trade Control Reforms in Australia and the United States, was authored by Tom Corben, a Research Fellow in the Foreign Policy and Defence at Centre, and William Greenwalt, a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. They conclude politicians in all three countries have made “notable progress” in harmonising defence trade control regimes over the past 12 to 18 months....