If France grants China investment access to its advanced aerospace or high-tech industries, especially in the field of Quantum computing, the United States should recall its ambassador to Paris and pursue retaliatory economic action. President Emmanuel Macron has set the precedent here.
In September 2021, France recalled its ambassador to Washington in protest at the AUKUS submarine deal. That deal saw Australia abandon its planned purchase of submarines from France in favor of nuclear submarines to be developed alongside the U.S. and the United Kingdom. France declared that the AUKUS surprise was"unacceptable between allies and partners.
China clearly senses the French president's desperate interest in keeping his hosts happy. In an interview on Tuesday, Beijing's ambassador to Paris expressed the Chinese Communist Party's"hope that France will also overcome third-party interference factors and actively provide Chinese companies with an open, fair, transparent and non-discriminatory business environment, especially in telecommunications and hi-tech fields.
If the French want to give Chinese spies access to their 5G networks, that's their prerogative. But Beijing's push for access to France's"high-tech fields" is worthy of American concern. France is investing heavily in areas such as Quantum Computing, Chinese access to which would provide Beijing with key opportunities for its military development.
Top line: The U.S. cannot quietly tolerate its oldest ally supporting, even if indirectly, the military development of its greatest present-day adversary. France is a sovereign democracy with every right to pursue whatever foreign policy it deems in its national interest. But the U.S. has that same right and shouldn't be afraid to exercise it.
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