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United States Of America Companies Seal $190 Billion Tech Deals In The UK

<div class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;custom&lowbar;subtitle&lowbar;wrapper ">&NewLine;<p>United States<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;post&lowbar;meta jeg&lowbar;custom&lowbar;meta&lowbar;wrapper block-rubrica&lowbar;autore ">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"meta&lowbar;left">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;meta&lowbar;author coauthor"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"meta&lowbar;right"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;"><strong>OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;strong><&sol;a> reports that United States of America companies  will invest &dollar;190 billion in the British economy under a new deal announced Thursday by U&period;S&period; President Donald Trump and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">British Prime Minister<&sol;a> Keir Starmer at Chequers&comma; the latter’s country residence in Buckinghamshire&comma; on the last day of Trump’s unprecedented second state visit to the UK&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;custom&lowbar;content&lowbar;wrapper ">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"entry-content with-share">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"content-inner">&NewLine;<p>The figure rises to £250 billion &lpar;&dollar;320 billion&rpar; if — as the Labour leader likes to put it — investments already pledged by British companies in the United States are also taken into account as a way of presenting the agreement as a two-way flow&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The funds for the so-called Tech Prosperity Deal come from several Wall Street’s heavyweights&period; Blackstone is committing around &dollar;120 billion over the next decade&comma; in addition to the &dollar;13 billion already allocated for an AI data center under construction in northern English town of Blyth&period; Microsoft is also contributing some &dollar;30 billion&comma; which is reportedly the largest single investment the Redmond-based company has ever made outside the U&period;S&period; According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Downing Street&comma;<&sol;a> the package should generate at least 7&comma;600 skilled jobs in clean energy and the life sciences&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Starmer hailed the agreement as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;proof of the country’s economic strength” and a signal that London is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;open&comma; ambitious and ready to lead&period;” Trump jokingly admitted that the deal &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;may have been more advantageous for the U&period;K&period; than for the U&period;S&period;” as he called the prime minister &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a great negotiator&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Trump also thanked Britons at length for the hospitality&comma; describing Chequers as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;an extraordinary place” and saying he would &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;never forget” the welcome offered by the Crown and Downing Street&period; He then revived the centuries-old notion of a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;special relationship” across the Atlantic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The United States and the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">United Kingdom<&sol;a> have done more good for this planet than any other pair of nations in history&comma;” Trump said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have been friends&comma; and we will always be friends&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;791662" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-791662"><img class&equals;"wp-image-791662" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lavocedinewyork&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;2025-09-18T151115Z&lowbar;1944507818&lowbar;RC2EUGABF4ZS&lowbar;RTRMADP&lowbar;3&lowbar;USA-TRUMP-BRITAIN-scaled&period;jpg" sizes&equals;"&lpar;max-width&colon; 900px&rpar; 100vw&comma; 900px" srcset&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lavocedinewyork&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;2025-09-18T151115Z&lowbar;1944507818&lowbar;RC2EUGABF4ZS&lowbar;RTRMADP&lowbar;3&lowbar;USA-TRUMP-BRITAIN-scaled&period;jpg 2560w&comma; https&colon;&sol;&sol;lavocedinewyork&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;2025-09-18T151115Z&lowbar;1944507818&lowbar;RC2EUGABF4ZS&lowbar;RTRMADP&lowbar;3&lowbar;USA-TRUMP-BRITAIN-1536x1024&period;jpg 1536w&comma; https&colon;&sol;&sol;lavocedinewyork&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;2025-09-18T151115Z&lowbar;1944507818&lowbar;RC2EUGABF4ZS&lowbar;RTRMADP&lowbar;3&lowbar;USA-TRUMP-BRITAIN-2048x1365&period;jpg 2048w&comma; https&colon;&sol;&sol;lavocedinewyork&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;2025-09-18T151115Z&lowbar;1944507818&lowbar;RC2EUGABF4ZS&lowbar;RTRMADP&lowbar;3&lowbar;USA-TRUMP-BRITAIN-600x400&period;jpg 600w&comma; https&colon;&sol;&sol;lavocedinewyork&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;2025-09-18T151115Z&lowbar;1944507818&lowbar;RC2EUGABF4ZS&lowbar;RTRMADP&lowbar;3&lowbar;USA-TRUMP-BRITAIN-750x500&period;jpg 750w&comma; https&colon;&sol;&sol;lavocedinewyork&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;2025-09-18T151115Z&lowbar;1944507818&lowbar;RC2EUGABF4ZS&lowbar;RTRMADP&lowbar;3&lowbar;USA-TRUMP-BRITAIN-1140x760&period;jpg 1140w" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"900" height&equals;"600" data-pin-no-hover&equals;"true" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-791662" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>U&period;S&period; President Donald Trump talks at a press conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Chequers at the conclusion of a state visit on September 18&comma; 2025 in Aylesbury&comma; England <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Asked by the BBC about Gaza&comma; Starmer said that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the United Kingdom regards the imminent recognition of a Palestinian state as an indispensable step toward a two-state solution&period;” A mildly irritated Trump shook his head before responding that the issue &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;is one of our few disagreements&period;” He then voiced hope that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the fighting stops&comma;” while accusing Hamas of using hostages as human shields&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Ukraine&comma; Trump repeated that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the war would never have broken out if I had been president&comma;” and confessed to some disappointment with Putin&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I thought it would be the easiest conflict to resolve because of my personal relationship&comma; but Putin really let me down&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Even so&comma; he hinted that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;good news could be coming soon&period;” Starmer urged him to step up efforts&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We need to increase pressure on<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;"> Moscow<&sol;a>&comma;” he said&comma; describing Putin as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a leader who either feels emboldened or acts recklessly&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As Starmer was laying out his plan for a mixed strategy combining renewables&comma; oil and gas&comma; Trump cut in to insist that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the right policy is drill&comma; baby&comma; drill” and dismissed wind power as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;useless&period;” Nuclear did get the green light&comma; as the two leaders signed a partnership to speed up the construction of new reactors and to provide reliable&comma; low-carbon energy for the most energy-intensive sectors&comma; including AI data centers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some minutes later&comma; Trump suggested Starmer deploy the army to stop illegal immigration in the country&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Doesn’t matter how&comma; just stop it&comma;” he said&period; He went on to claim that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;right now in the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">United States of America<&sol;a>&comma; illegal arrivals are zero&period;” Starmer responded quite diplomatically&comma; stressing that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the problem is European&comma;” and pointing to the 35&comma;000 deportations carried out this year&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the highest number in many years&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-start&equals;"271" data-end&equals;"880">The Chequers summit was effectively the main political highlight of Trump’s overseas trip&period; On Wednesday in Windsor&comma; it was instead all about pageantry and protocol&comma; with King Charles III and Queen Camilla hosting a lavish welcome for the American guest&period; The military parade in full dress stayed within the castle’s heavily guarded walls&comma; away from the protests&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-start&equals;"271" data-end&equals;"880">The president laid a wreath at Queen Elizabeth II’s tomb&comma; visited St&period; George’s Chapel and took part in a Lucullan banquet also attended by retired media mogul Rupert Murdoch&comma; Apple’s Tim Cook&comma; Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and OpenAI’s Sam Altman&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;30369" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-30369" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-30369" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;7bc4346d9936adbdebd2cdd392b36e50-e1758218254826-300x131&period;jpg" alt&equals;"United States Of America’s Companies Seal &dollar;190 Billion Tech Deals In The UK" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"131" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-30369" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer &lpar;2nd left&rpar; and Lady Victoria Starmer greet US President Donald Trump at Chequers&comma; near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire&comma; on day two of the president&&num;8217&semi;s second state visit to the UK&period; Picture date&colon; Thursday September 18&comma; 2025<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>As diners were served watercress panna cotta and Norfolk chicken&comma; some 5&comma;000 protesters marched through London under the banner of the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Stop Trump Coalition&period;” Musician Billy Bragg led the crowd in singing &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;you fascists are bound to lose&comma;” while <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">comedian Nish Kumar<&sol;a> threw an inflatable effigy of U&period;S&period; vice president JD Vance into the crowd&period; Police said at least two people were arrested in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Windsor<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-start&equals;"1591" data-end&equals;"2006">For Starmer&comma; it was also an opportunity to put behind him some difficult weeks&period; The Labour leader saw his deputy prime minister&comma; Angela Rayner&comma; resign over a tax scandal&comma; removed Britain’s ambassador to Washington&comma; Peter Mandelson&comma; for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein&comma; and is increasingly under pressure from the far right&comma; which questions his political strength — with vocal support from MAGA circles in the United States&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-start&equals;"1591" data-end&equals;"2006">The echo of those criticisms apparently reached Chequers as well&period; Nick Clegg&comma; the former deputy prime minister and ex-Meta executive&comma; dismissed Trump’s investment pledges as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;leftovers from <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Silicon Valley<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma;” arguing that U&period;S&period; companies are building data centers everywhere and simply timed their announcements to coincide with the visit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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