UK Ambassador Warns Against Tech Barriers Among Allies
The U.S., the U.K. and other allies need to form a tighter technology partnership as opposed to putting in place new restrictions on those technologies, said Peter Mandelson, U.K. ambassador to the U.S.
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Mandelson, speaking during a June 3 event hosted by the Center for a New American Security, said there are “no two countries in the world” that collaborate more closely on national security and defense issues than the U.K. and the U.S., and the two should carry that partnership over in conversations with like-minded allies. He specially mentioned the AUKUS partnership between Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. as an example.
“It goes for everyone,” Mandelson said. “We will keep ahead of our adversaries the more we are collaborating together. Not subtracting. Not undermining. Not throwing barriers in the way of what we're doing. We've got to work together as allies.”
He added that the U.K. and its allies currently have a technological advantage over its competitors, and “we will sustain that advantage, that technological advantage over our adversaries, the more that we as allies collaborate and work together in technological innovation.” Mandelson said he’s “very, very keen between my own country and the United States to create a greater technology partnership in different sectors.”