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British–American relations, also referred to as Anglo-American relations, encompass many complex relations ranging from two early wars to competition for world markets. Since 1940 they have been close military allies enjoying the Special Relationship built as wartime allies, and NATO partners. The two nations are bound together by shared history, an overlap in religion and a common language and legal system, and kinship ties that reach back hundreds of years, including kindred, ancestral lines among English Americans, Scottish Americans, Welsh Americans, Scotch-Irish Americans and American Britons respectively. Today large numbers of expatriates live in both countries. Through times of war and rebellion, peace and estrangement, as well as becoming friends and allies, Britain and the US cemented these deeply rooted links during World War II into what is known as the "Special Relationship", described in 2009 by British political commentator Christiane Amanpour as "the key trans-Atlantic alliance",〔Kiran Chetry, T.J. Holmes, Christine Romans, Christiane Amanpour, Suzanne Malveaux, Nic Robertson, 'President Obama/Prime Minister Brown G-20 Summit Press Conference' (April 1, 2009), CNN: ''American Morning'', CNLM.〕 which the U.S. Senate Chair on European Affairs acknowledged in 2010 as "one of the cornerstones of stability around the world."〔Panel I of A Hearing of the senate Foreign Relations Committee (Part 4) (January 21, 2010), ''Federal News Service'', FEDNWS.〕 Today, the United Kingdom affirms its relationship with the United States as its "most important bilateral partnership" in the current British foreign policy, and the American foreign policy also affirms its relationship with Britain as its most important relationship,〔Alex Spillius, 'Special relationship Britain and America share fundamental values, Clinton tells Miliband', ''The Daily Telegraph'' (February 4, 2009), p. 12.〕〔David Williamson, "U.S. envoy pays tribute to Welsh Guards' courage", ''The Western Mail'' (November 26, 2009), p. 16.〕 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. Canada has historically been the biggest importer of USA goods and the biggest exporter of goods to the USA, however that has changed with the large increase in imports from China. However, in accordance with the United States Census Bureau, as of January 2015, the UK was fifth in terms of exports and seventh in terms of import of goods.〔http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/highlights/toppartners.html〕 The two countries combined make up a huge percentage of world trade, a significant impact of the cultures of many other countries and territories, and are the largest economies and the most populous nodes of the Anglosphere, with a combined population of around 385 million in 2015. Together, they have given the English language a dominant role in many sectors of the modern world. In addition to the Special Relationship between the two countries, most British people perceive the U.S positively, with the USA coming in the top three of polls consistently 〔Chatham House Survey 2015 ''The Chatham House–YouGov Survey 2014''〕 while at the same time according to a 2015 Gallup poll, 90% of Americans view Great Britain favorably.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Canada, Great Britain Are Americans' Most Favored Nations )〕 ==Country comparison== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United Kingdom–United States relations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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