China News Service, November 12, reported that in September of this year, Australia and the United States and Britain reached a deal with the United States and Britain to build nuclear-powered submarines, resulting in the cancellation of France’s tens of billions of dollars in order contracts. Relations between the United States have taken a sharp turn.

US Vice President Harris is visiting Paris, hoping to stop the loss of relations between the two countries, and Macron seems to be "smiling with grudges", saying that he wants to start a "new era" in French-US relations.

Data map: French President Macron.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Yang

The storm has subsided

Macron: US-French relations "open a new era"

　　On November 10th, US Vice President Harris, who visited France, met with French President Macron.

The two sides held consultations on issues such as military cooperation and bridging diplomatic rifts.

　　This is Washington's latest effort to improve relations between the two countries after angering long-time ally France over the nuclear submarine contract.

　　After meeting Harris, Macron emphasized that closer cooperation is the key to the future.

　　Macron said: "We all think we are opening a new era. The cooperation between us is extremely important for the new era."

　　Harris responded that the United States and France "always achieve great success because of common values ​​and common priorities."

　　However, as the turmoil subsided, EU leaders also reiterated the importance of "strategic autonomy."

Data map: Harris attends a congressional hearing.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Sha Hanting

Repair relationship

Harris: Try not to make the same mistake twice

　　Harris also likens politics and bilateral relations to the process of scientific research and cooking.

　　She said: "(During this process) there will be faults and mistakes. If you don't make the same mistake a second time,...that is a good process and we should encourage this."

　　Before Harris's visit to France, a senior White House official said, "The relationship between the United States and France, and the transatlantic relationship between the United States and Europe, are of vital importance to the United States. This is what Biden has always emphasized during the campaign."

　　During his visit to France, Harris also visited the Pasteur Institute, a well-known French scientific research institution, which is dedicated to the research of biology, microbiology, disease and vaccines.

Harris communicated with scientists in the United States and France there.

　　Harris said that visiting this research institution was of special significance to her personally, because her mother had done breast cancer research there in the 1980s.

Allies become "resent puppets"

Why was the relationship between France and the United States tense at one time?

　　On September 15 this year, the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia announced the establishment of a new Indo-Pacific alliance called AUKUS. One of the cooperation projects is Australia's use of American and British technology to build nuclear-powered submarines.

　　To this end, Australia announced the cancellation of the contract signed a few years ago for the purchase of tens of billions of dollars worth of conventionally powered submarines from France.

This move angered France, a longtime ally of the United States, and the relationship between France and the United States has also deteriorated sharply.

　　US President Biden tried to mend relations with French President Macron at a meeting in October. Biden said that the United States had acted “clumsy” behind France’s and Australia’s submarine deal.

　　The US Secretary of State Blincoln and National Security Adviser Sullivan also visited Paris one after another to try to calm the "anger" of France.