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The US-UK ‘tech deal’ has been over-sold

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Sep 19, 2025
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On Thursday, the US and UK premiers signed an agreement marketed as another step towards ‘prosperity.’ But the agreement has been over-sold.

Let’s start with claims of specialness. Keir Starmer said that the agreement is the ‘embodiment of the special relationship,’ because it privileges Britain with US investment and technologies. Starmer ‘handed the fl…

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