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The U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Kurt Campbell, expressed hope that the incoming Trump administration would collaborate with Australia and New Zealand in the Pacific, amid strategic competition with China. The Biden administration has ramped up diplomacy in the region, offering more infrastructure, increasing coast guard patrols, and securing a defense deal with Papua New Guinea. The AUKUS partnership, which aims to transfer nuclear submarine technology from the U.S.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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