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Between australia, the u.s. and the u.k. that agreement cost france a $65 billion contract to supply diesel powered submarines to australia. paris has now taken the extraordinary step of sending sbas dors -- ambassadors and the partnership remains healthy. >> france in particular is a vital partner on this and so many other issues. stretching back generations, and we want to find every opportunity to deepen our trans-atlantic cooperation, in the indo-pacific and around the world. >> we have now from paris with more on the french reaction. which is pretty angry to say the least. >> reporter: i ...

To kind of keep it secret. and i think that's part of what the french are feeling, a sense of betrayal, but also the monetary aspect of this. this is a loss of $65 billion deal for the submarines. and i think that, you know, in some ways it's, that sense, that's being played out here, and the kind of reaction of the french. >> thanks so much, live in paris, thanks very much. jim bittermann there, thank you. benjamin hadad, a senior director of the european center of the atlantic council and joins me now from washington. great to have you on the show, benjamin. so is france having a hissy fit...