UK and US to sign massive tech trade deals worth billions during Trump and 
Big Tech tour

Date:
Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:32:00 +0000

Description:
UK and US leaders will reach a tech trade agreement this week to build a
safet, richer future.

FULL STORY

A new US-UK tech pact is to be signed during President Trumps visit to London
this week, focusing on emerging technologies like AI and quantum computing as
well as semiconductors, telecommunications and space. 

The change is set to come not only as the US President visits the UK, but 
also key influencers in Big Tech, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI
CEO Sam Altman and Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman. 

Although the scale of the deal is yet to be confirmed, its believed it will 
be positioned as an effort to outpace China in the geopolitically influenced
ongoing tech and trade wars.

US and UK to strike up tech deal 

The UK Parliament described the deals goal as ending sectoral uncertainty,
securing supply chains and driving US investment into the UK. 

At the moment, the US is the UKs largest single trading partner, accounting
for 18% of UK trade (estimated at 315 billion in 2024). The UK exports an
estimated 196 billion to the US, accounting for around 2% of total national
income, with mutual trade investments totalling 1.2 trillion. 

Todays Economic Prosperity Deal is a non-binding agreement whereby the UK
secured tariff reductions, however some trade deals are still worse than
pre-Trump era deals and even some EU deals. 

For example, although automotive tariffs had been cut from 25% to 10%, there
is a 100,000-vehicle quota in place. 

Commons Business and Trade Committee Chair, Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP, praised UK
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for securing the deal: President Trumps State
Visit is no mere pageant. It is a test of whether Britain and America build a
safer, richer future - or remain trapped in tariff fights that serve neither
nation well.

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/uk-and-us-to-si...
-billions-during-trump-and-big-tech-tour

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