candidate: " Today , the relationship with the United States represents the " most important bilateral partnership " in current British foreign policy , and the American foreign policy affirms its relationship with Britain as its most important bilateral relationship , as evidenced in aligned political affairs , mutual cooperation in the areas of trade , commerce , finance , technology , academics , as well as the arts and sciences ; the sharing of government and military intelligence , and joint combat operations and peacekeeping missions carried out between the United States Armed Forces and the British Armed Forces .