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Recommendation 21
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Strike balance in digital trade to promote AI while safeguarding UK sovereign capabilities.
Recommendation
Any future digital trade provisions negotiated under the Economic Prosperity Deal should strike a careful balance: promoting AI adoption and cross-border collaboration to strengthen the Western technological 55 alliance, while safeguarding intellectual property, ensuring fair taxation, and enabling the development of sovereign UK AI capabilities. (Recommendation, Paragraph 116)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 28 November 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗