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Boris Johnson draws business into his global ambitions

London | Prime Minister Boris Johnson has yoked industrial strategy to his new vision for British foreign policy, saying that science and technology is now a “metric of global power” and an arena of global competition.

Mr Johnson used his sweeping revamp of Britain’s foreign and defence posture, released on Tuesday, to set out how government-backed business innovation and development could bolster his country’s influence on global affairs.

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Hans van Leeuwen is The Australian Financial Review’s former Europe correspondent. He is now International Economy editor for The Telegraph UK.

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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/world/europe/boris-johnson-draws-business-into-his-global-ambitions-20210317-p57bc7