London – Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with President Trump in Washington Thursday to discuss issues important to the UK-US relationship from defense spending to trade issues. In his congratulations to President Donald Trump on his election, Keir Starmer singled out “innovation and tech” as an area for cooperation and said that he knew that the UK-US special relationship would continue to “prosper on both sides of the Atlantic for years to come.”
The Computer & Communications Industry Association has today released a new briefing explaining why a new digital trade agreement could deliver important economic benefits for both countries and how it could be achieved in practice.
The following can be attributed to CCIA Senior Director and head of CCIA’s London office Matthew Sinclair:
“Ministers have rightly highlighted digital trade as an area where there are valuable opportunities for the US and UK to cooperate. As leaders in the digital economy, the US and the UK have the ability to lead by example and a mutual interest in raising the bar for growth-promoting digital trade rules globally. There are practical avenues to do so either bilaterally or working with other friendly countries and specifically addressing digital trade issues or doing so as a valuable part of a wider deal. If policymakers can avoid any unnecessary risks to that process, there is every reason to believe serious progress is possible.”
