US - UK sign $340 billion deal

This activity takes place within the framework of US President Donald Trump's state visit to the UK.

Speaking at his Chequers estate in Buckinghamshire in southeastern England, Prime Minister Starmer said the deals and investment commitments had broken all records, with a total value of about 250 billion pounds ($340 billion), affirming "this is the biggest investment package in the UK ever", and describing the deal as "groundbreaking".

Of these, US corporations pledged to invest about 150 billion pounds (204 billion USD) in the UK, of which the Blackstone investment group alone will pour 90 billion pounds (122 billion USD) in the next 10 years. In the opposite direction, the British pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) pledged to invest about 30 billion pounds in the US. In addition, the remaining investment figures have not been announced in detail.

According to the British Prime Minister, the package of agreements focuses mainly on the field of artificial intelligence (AI), with investment commitments from leading technology corporations such as Nvidia, Nscale, OpenAI, Google and Salesforce, expected to create about 15,000 jobs in the UK in the coming years.

The British leader also said the package also included a new agreement on civil nuclear energy cooperation, with plans to build 12 advanced nuclear power plants in the North East of England, to provide electricity to millions of homes and businesses. This would help reduce the cost of living and increase energy security on both sides of the Atlantic.

The press release from the British Prime Minister's Office emphasized that this is "the largest trade cooperation package ever in a state visit", showing that the economic cooperation between the US and the UK is growing strongly.

For his part, President Trump once again affirmed that the relationship between the US and the UK is "special" and "inseparable".