President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese demonstrated a united front against China in the Indo-Pacific as the United States and Australia recommitted to their nuclear submarine deal with the United Kingdom and signed a new one regarding critical minerals.

Trump and Albanese, whose previous meeting with Trump on the sidelines of the Group of Seven leaders summit this summer was postponed when the president departed early to order a strike against Iran ’s nuclear facilities, signed an $8.5 billion critical minerals deal Monday at the White House .

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