The British prime minister will meet with US lawmakers, business leaders and President Biden during his two-day visit.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has begun a visit to Washington, D.C., where topics such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Ukraine war and transatlantic trade are expected to dominate the two-day meeting.
Sunak began his visit on Wednesday by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, D.C., before meeting with congressional leaders. He is scheduled to accompany US President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday.
During his visit, Sunak said he would emphasize the UK’s ability to play a “leading role” in AI regulation.
“Outside the US, we are probably the top AI nation out of any democracy. rice field.
In an interview, he also dismissed the notion that his country’s 2020 exit from the European Union had compromised its ability to take on such a role. The EU held its own dialogue with the US last week about developing an AI code of conduct.
Instead, Sunak cited his achievements as UK Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chancellor of the Exchequer as evidence that he was at the forefront of the myriad problems posed by AI.
“I could see this coming,” he said on Talk TV. rice field.
Sunak’s visit came shortly after the Nova Kakhovka Dam in Kherson, Ukraine, burst on Tuesday, flooding cities, villages and ecosystems. Ukraine and Russia are made an accusation Alleged possible sabotage as to who is to blame, but neither US nor UK formally identified the perpetrators of the incident.
Nonetheless, Mr. Sunak said Wednesday if British intelligence had determined the rupture. Russia’s intentional work “would mean a new low level . . . horrific barbarism on the part of Russia.”
In an interview with ITV News, he added that Russia was broadly pursuing a “planned strategy of targeting civilian infrastructure.”
“It’s wrong, it’s barbaric and it’s horrible. That’s why we’re providing such strong support. [Ukraine] And we will continue to do so,” he said.
Perhaps the biggest issue of the visit is Sunak’s efforts to promote trade between the two countries, which he hopes will one day reflect the two countries’ longstanding military alliance. Stated.
The prospect of a full free trade deal with the US government was once seen by Brexit supporters as a potential economic benefit from Brexit. But the United States has been reluctant to consider such a move, and the recent British government has sought a more moderate trade deal.
Despite the Biden administration’s lukewarm response to the free-trade deal, Mr. Sunak issued a statement earlier this week urging greater economic cooperation.
“Just as interoperability between the militaries of our two nations has given us a battlefield advantage over our adversaries, increased economic interoperability will give us a decisive advantage in the decades to come. It will bring,” Sunak said.
The prime minister will also meet separately with US business leaders during his visit. On his way to Washington, Sunak announced more than £14 billion ($17 billion) of investment from US companies in the UK, a figure that includes some of the money already deployed.
Mr. Biden’s $369 billion in subsidies to boost the development of electric vehicles and other clean technologies in the U.S. has forced the Sunak administration to respond.
The investment has prompted the EU to develop its own industrial plan to develop electric vehicles, a plan that could threaten UK manufacturers facing higher tariffs.
Sunak said the new U.S.-U.K. alliance would help both countries protect supply chains and ride out the global economy as emerging powers “seek to manipulate global markets, withhold critical resources and strangle the industries that will determine our future.” Said it helps.
