British Ambassador to the United States Lord Peter Mandelson has called for greater UK–U.S. cooperation in technology to counter the “clear shared threat” from China.
Mandelson highlighted artificial intelligence specifically as the “spearpoint” of this potential British–American tech collaboration, in a speech he delivered to the Atlantic Council on Tuesday.
The ambassador told delegates that the recently-agreed UK–U.S. trade agreement signals the beginning of a new relationship, which he hopes will include a tech partnership that can build up resilience towards new threats.
The former Labour MP said: “We face a clear, shared threat. There is nothing in this world I fear more than China winning the race for technological dominance in the coming decades….