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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Christopher McKeon

UK and US strike tech deal as Trump arrives for state visit

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in the East Room at the White House in February (Carl Court/PA) - (PA Archive)

Britain and the US have struck a tech deal that could bring billions of pounds of investment to the UK as President Donald Trump arrived for his second state visit.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the agreement represented “a general step change” in Britain’s relationship with the US that would deliver “growth, security and opportunity up and down the country”.

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