Source · Select Committees · National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Recommendation 29
29
Accepted
The Government should continue to ensure that sensible trade-offs are made between economic growth and...
Recommendation
The Government should continue to ensure that sensible trade-offs are made between economic growth and national security objectives as it pursues new strategic relationships and bolsters existing ones. The scale of this work should be expanded, and its speed accelerated. (Recommendation, Paragraph 126)
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the principle of pursuing strategic relationships and outlines existing partnerships and instruments like the National Security and Investment Act, without committing to specific new or accelerated actions as requested.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The Government agrees that we should continue to pursue new strategic relationships and bolster existing ones. The National Security Strategy aims to sharpen our diplomatic focus on geographically dispersed, economically vibrant, fast-growing, and advanced economies. To those ends, the government has delivered a range of new and significant partnerships including the UK-Japan Industrial Strategy Partnership, the Strategic Partnership with Indonesia and the UK-India Trade deal. These nations share an interest in counteracting economic coercion and preventing the fragmentation of the international economic order. Furthermore, we are committed to fostering trade and investment relationships that actively promote secure, resilient growth and provide a boost to the UK economy. Key instruments for mitigating national security risks in this context are the National Security and Investment Act and supporting the establishment of an Economic Security Advisory Service.