deal promised in the wake of brexiter. in its place, a commitment to co operate on defence, trade, a deal on data protection and ways to regulate new ai technology. the uk prime minister hailed this approach is a better response to the challenges the two countries face. the economic relationship between our two countries has never been stronger. the trade is worth hundreds of billions of pounds, dollars, a year. over a million of our citizens in each other s countries work in each other s countries work in each other s companies. we are the largest investors in each other s countries. and that trade is growing as something like 20% last year. as part of the atlantic declaration, president biden pledged to give uk exporters access to critical minerals needed for electric car batteries. similar to an agreement of the us made with japan. there is no reason why great britain will not play a major role in not only critical material but in investing in united states of america and
the wake of brexiter. in its place, a commitment to co operate on defence, trade, a deal on data protection and ways to regulate new ai technology. the uk prime minister hailed this approach as a better response to the challenges the two countries face. the economic relationship between our two countries has never been stronger. the trade is worth hundreds of billions of pounds, dollars, a year. over a million of our citizens in each other s countries work in each other s companies. in each other s countries. and that trade is growing as something like 20% last year. as part of the atlantic declaration, president biden pledged to give uk exporters access to critical minerals needed for electric car batteries. similar to an agreement the us made with japan. there is no reason why great britain will not play a major role in not only critical material but in investing in united states of america and all of our initiatives relating to the need for critical materials, including ba
the announcement comes as prime minister rishi sunak continues his visit to the us. he is due to hold talks with president biden at the white house later today aimed in the words of the uk government at cementing their joint leadership in the technologies of the future . the uk has abandoned hopes of a post brexit free trade agreement with the us, instead pushing for a deal on digital services. the prime minister told the bbc s political editor chris mason that the uk is well placed to become a leader in al i want to make sure that we in the uk can realise the clear benefits of aib that in drug discovery or other areas but at the same time we need to put guardrails in place to protect ourselves, our country and people from the real risk that it poses, risks that the creators of ai have highlighted. i believe the uk is placed to lead and shape the conversation on this because we are strong when it comes to ai. how do you make that case to a leader of a superpower as the leade