Australia has made a "huge" diplomatic error by ditching an order for French submarines in favor of an alternative deal with the United States and Britain, France’s envoy to Canberra said on Saturday. Canberra announced on Thursday it would scrap its 2016 deal with France to build a fleet of conventional submarines and instead build at least eight nuclear-powered ones with U.S. and British technology. The move caused fury in France, prompting it to recall its ambassadors to Washington and Canberra, and also riled China.