BAB CEO Update Published: 30 June 2023

Amidst the Political Noise, Some Important Work is Getting Done.

With the noise of political drama and real or confected scandals, let alone the miserable stories coming out of Ukraine and Russia, you might have missed the signing of the Atlantic Declaration in Washington D.C. earlier in June when Prime Minister Sunak was in town to see President Biden.  Setting aside the fact that the names for recent agreements are trying a bit too hard to borrow from the successes of the past (there was a New Atlantic Charter in 2021!) The Declaration has the potential to be of real importance.  I say ‘potential’ because what the document includes is a long list of things that the US and UK are committed to trying to reach agreement on or are going to try to get done domestically.  As far as I can see, it doesn’t actually include any agreements on any of these important issues itself, but the fact that both governments are committing to work together to try to reach these agreements is very significant. 

Read the full update here.