UK-US trade deal
Coverage of UK-US trade deal in the Nexus archive.
- US-UK drug deal could result in 229,000 excess deaths in England, analysis suggests
Analysis suggests the UK-US trade deal could force the NHS to divert £45bn from essential services to cover new medicines, resulting in over 200,000 avoidable deaths in England. The deal, agreed in December, aims to help British drug exports avoid US tariffs and provide access to life-extending drugs.
- UK and US always find ways to come together, King Charles to tell Congress
King Charles III will address the US Congress during a four-day state visit, acknowledging recent strains in the UK-US 'special relationship' amid Donald Trump's threats to revoke a trade deal and insults toward the UK and its institutions.
- Trump steps up attack on Starmer with threat to downgrade Britain's trade deal - as he says PM is letting country be invaded by 'drug dealers and mental patients'
Donald Trump has intensified his criticism of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer by threatening to downgrade the UK-US trade deal. Trump accused Starmer of allowing the country to be 'invaded by drug dealers and mental patients', reflecting his ongoing political attacks on the British leader.