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The go to comes because the UK and US put together to signal a landmark know-how settlement geared toward boosting cooperation between the 2 international locations.

United States President Donald Trump has arrived within the United Kingdom for his second state go to, describing it as a “nice honour” to be hosted by King Charles III at Windsor Castle.

The US president landed on the London Stansted airport on Tuesday night, the place new UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper was amongst these greeting him as he stepped off Air Force One.

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Trump, accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, is predicted to remain in a single day at Winfield House, the official residence of the US ambassador in Regent’s Park, earlier than travelling to Windsor Castle on Wednesday for a ceremonial welcome and a state banquet.

Thousands are anticipated to protest throughout his keep, although he has no public-facing engagements deliberate.

Speaking to reporters earlier than touchdown, Trump mentioned: “My relationship is superb with the UK, and Charles, as you already know, who’s now King, is my pal. It’s the primary time this has ever occurred the place someone was honoured twice. So, it’s an amazing honour.”

The go to comes because the UK and US put together to signal a landmark know-how settlement geared toward boosting cooperation between the 2 international locations’ multi-trillion-dollar tech sectors.

Trump is predicted to be joined by a delegation of US executives, together with Nvidia chief government Jensen Huang and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Reuters reported.

Meanwhile, Sky News reported that BlackRock plans to speculate $700m in British knowledge centres as a part of a collection of bulletins tied to the state go to.

The UK was the primary nation to signal a bilateral commerce settlement with the Trump administration in May. Under that deal, Washington pledged to cut back tariffs on aluminium and metal from 25 p.c to zero, although the modifications have but to take impact.

Trump has hinted at attainable tariff aid for UK metal forward of talks with Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Chequers, the prime minister’s nation residence, on Thursday.

“I’m there additionally on commerce. They need to see if they’ll refine the commerce deal just a little bit. We’ve made a deal, and it’s an amazing deal, and I’m into serving to them,” Trump mentioned.

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