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U.K. Ambassador Karen Pierce On The U.K.'s Foreign Policy Future

U.K. Ambassador to the U.S. Karen Pierce, pictured in a previous role in 2018, talked with NPR about the country's outline of its future foreign policy.

The U.K. aims to keep its relationship with the U.S. front and center in the coming years, according to the U.K. government's new foreign policy overview called "Global Britain in a competitive age."

With Brexit complete and the U.K. out of the European Union, the U.K. is now looking to establish a new trade agreement with the U.S. and increase security ties.

"In all our endeavors, the United States will be our greatest ally and a uniquely close partner in defense, intelligence and security," Prime Minister Boris Johnson said earlier this month.

But the Biden administration does not seen during the Trump administration — Trump and Johnson were allied on Brexit and a new trade deal, while Biden's administration is threatening on certain British exports and wants to rebuild alliances with Europe.

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