The United States and United Kingdom today announced the launch of the U.S.-UK Comprehensive Dialogue on Technology and Data.
President Joseph Biden and then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson committed in June 2021 in Carbis Bay to develop a new landmark bilateral technology partnership to enable a new era of strategic collaboration and protect our technology edge. Building on that strong foundation, the United States and United Kingdom today announced the launch of a new comprehensive dialogue on technology and data. The annual dialogue will be led by senior officials from the US Departments of State and Trade and the UK Departments for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. In the coming year, the dialogue will focus on three areas: data, critical and emerging technologies, and secure and resilient digital infrastructure.
The United States and United Kingdom recognize the strategic importance of technology to our prosperity and security, and to the promotion and protection of our shared democratic values around the world. This commitment has led to a deepening of collaboration on shared priorities, including advancing cross-border data flows and supporting privacy-enhancing technologies; Semiconductor; supply chain vulnerabilities; Telecom supply chain diversification; ensuring responsible development and use of AI; and planning for closer collaboration in the fields of quantum information science and technology.
For more information on today’s measures, read the joint statement from the Department for Trade with the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport here.
