Chris Mason: What Sunak is trying to achieve in the US

This is the 4th clip successful arsenic galore months that the Prime Minister has met President Biden.

I person been successful tow each time, and it's been fascinating to get a glimpse of their increasing relationship.

And rather immoderate increasing it's had to do.

Not agelong aft that, Mr Sunak acknowledged to me that the UK's estimation had "taken a spot of a knock," courtesy of the rolling governmental chaos of overmuch of 2022.

Core to his marque arsenic premier curate is attempting to personify the opposite: hoping to beryllium seen arsenic dependable, believable, credible, trustworthy.

Little wonder, then, helium ducked a question connected the mode present astir what helium made of Prince Harry's remarks that the UK is judged globally by the authorities of the property and the authorities - some of which the prince reckons are astatine "rock bottom."

But, having tried to beryllium helium tin beryllium the gentle jazz of authorities alternatively than the dense metallic that came before, the situation for Rishi Sunak present is delivery, and quickly, with a wide predetermination expected adjacent year.

Ukraine volition beryllium a recurring taxable connected this trip.

Mr Sunak has told america the UK is looking into who was to blasted for the demolition of the immense dam there.

He said it was excessively soon to marque "a definitive judgement."

But, helium added, if it was intentional, it would correspond "the largest onslaught connected civilian infrastructure successful Ukraine since the commencement of the war."

The UK and US's ongoing enactment for Kyiv volition beryllium cardinal to the discussions betwixt the leaders astatine the White House connected Thursday.

Also connected the agenda, the regularisation of artificial quality and economical cooperation.

On AI, the premier curate is expected to marque the lawsuit that the UK tin beryllium a planetary person connected its improvement and regulation.

And connected the economy, Rishi Sunak has said helium volition "continue discussing" America's Inflation Reduction Act - which has seen billions successful caller subsidies targeted astatine greenish industries successful the US - with immoderate fretting the UK is being near behind.

The gulf betwixt the president and the premier minister's instincts connected this is wide, if not surprising: a antiauthoritarian president opting for monolithic authorities intervention, successful the anticipation of greening his economy, reviving near down areas and bringing manufacturing backmost to the US.

And a Conservative premier curate not people drawn towards immense interventions similar this - and suggesting "subsidy races," arsenic helium enactment it, were a "zero sum" game.

But adjacent if determination is simply a philosophical absorption from immoderate to what the president is doing, what are the governmental responses to it?

Rishi Sunak said "we've created tons of jobs" successful greenish industries and "reduced c faster" than comparable countries.

He doesn't judge attempting the aforesaid program arsenic Washington would beryllium wise.

Meanwhile, Rachel Reeves - who hopes to go the UK's archetypal ever pistillate chancellor if Labour triumph the adjacent predetermination - was successful the US superior conscionable a fewer weeks ago, and openly embracing a strategy precise akin to Joe Biden's.

Is her program affordable, and achievable? They are large and, arsenic yet, unanswered questions.

What is overmuch clearer is President Biden's attempts to rewire the planetary system has implications each implicit the spot - not slightest connected our ain home system - and politics.