Biden and Sunak strengthen economic ties with ‘Atlantic declaration’

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US president Joe Biden and British prime minister Rishi Sunak meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Photograph: Doug Mills/New York Times US president Joe Biden and UK prime minister Rishi Sunak agreed an “Atlantic declaration” to strengthen economic ties between the two countries on Thursday, in a further sign of the allies turning their back on globalisation and trying to cut China out of supply chains. The declaration aims to increase US-UK trade in areas such as defence, nuclear materials and the critical minerals used in electric-car batteries, as Biden tries to build “economic security”...