One thing the US does not do is export our submarine construction.
Australian independent Xenophon could play kingmaker in election
Xenophon has built his position by exploiting widespread political fury sparked by former Prime Minister Tony Abbott's 2014 decision to buy a A$50 billion ($37.27 billion) fleet of 12 submarines from Japan.
That decision shattered a promise Abbott had made to build the vessels in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, and Xenophon relentlessly pushed the government to open up the process and hold a tender.
France's DCNS emerged the winner, beating out Japan and Germany, but not before the badly weakened Abbott had been ousted in a party coup.
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