The US has suspended a technology deal with Britain amid frustrations with the Government over trade talks in a blow to Sir Keir Starmer.
The US-UK “Technology Prosperity Deal” was signed by the Prime Minister and Donald Trump upon the President’s visit to Chequers in September.
The agreement aims to see US firms invest in UK and boost co-operation on AI, quantum and other emerging technologies.
Officials in Britain have however confirmed the US put the deal on hold last week, with one saying President Trump’s administration was pushing for the Government’s concessions in areas of trade outside the tech partnership, the Financial Times reports.
Sources told the newspaper that US officials were becoming increasingly frustrated with a lack of willingness from the Government to address so-called non-tariff barriers, including rules and regulations governing food and industrial goods.
The US is Britain’s largest trading partner and its big tech companies have already invested billions of dollars in their UK operations.
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Dale Vince ‘should apologise’ for comments made after Bondi Beach attack, says minister
Dale Vince said he had ‘not intended to excuse or legitimise terrorism’
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Labour mega donor Dale Vince should apologise for comments made about the Bondi Beach terror attack, a minister has said.
The Tories call on Labour to “return all donations” made by the green energy tycoon after he drew links between the Australian massacre and Israel’s actions in Gaza.
He wrote to X: “Commenting on the shootings in Australia today Netanyahu [Israel’s Prime Minister] said – Antisemitism spreads when leaders stay silent.
“Nothing to do with Isreal committing Genocide in Palestine then. Netanyahu wants antisemitism to be a thing, it validates him – he acts to make it so.”
Care minister Stephen Kinnock told Times Radio: “Dale Vince should apologise for that. It is completely wrong to somehow imply that the Jewish people should be blamed collectively for the actions of the Israeli government.”
Asked if Labour would stop accepting donations from the donor, Mr Kinnock added: “First of all, let’s ensure that Dale Vince does come forward and apologise for those remarks, and we will then review the position and take it from there.”
Mr Vince posted again on Monday to say his words “were not intended to excuse or legitimise terrorism, or any form of racism” and were “aimed at the intervention of Netanyahu who in my opinion overlooks the impacts of his own terrorism”.
