Recommendation 2

The UK must integrate economic engagement with the US into our broader geopolitical dialogue and minimise the risks of ad hoc, zero-sum bargaining with a far larger partner by now turning paper promises into binding bargains. The UK should de-risk future volatility in US-UK trade by developing deeper long-term industry partnerships in priority Industrial Strategy sectors and maximising alignment in our shared economic security objectives. In particular it is important the UK leverages the potential for a deeper US-UK partnership to ensure Western leadership over China in the race for technological supremacy—particularly in AI and defence tech, de- risked supply chains, and greater security for supplies of critical minerals. (Recommendation, Paragraph 27) General Terms of the Economic Prosperity Deal