Trump UK visit: The British business winners and losers after US £150 billion investment pledge
Donald Trump’s visit to England announced that US companies will invest £ 150 billion in the United Kingdom.
The Gezi comes in the middle of an important period for global trade after the US President’s tariff plans led to significant trade tensions earlier this year.
In some sectors, companies have announced new commitments to Pumping Billions of Pumping in England with a potential support for Rachel Reeves.
However, some industries criticized the trade agreement support in the UK and the lack of challenging investment conditions.
So, which sectors this week winners and losers:
Winners
Technology
Technology companies are at the forefront of major investment agreements in the UK.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Mr. Trump announced that the “Technology Welfare Agreement” will cooperate in the fields of England and the US artificial intelligence (AI), quantum information processing and nuclear power.
America’s best technology companies announced an investment of £ 31 billion with the announcement.
These included Microsoft’s commitment to investing £ 22 billion in England, the expansion of the UK’s AI infrastructure, and the construction of the country’s largest AI super computer.
Nvidia’s boss Jensen Huang greeted the “a big week for artificial intelligence in England” because he committed to supporting the US CHIP giant’s super -computer development.
The company agreed to use 120,000 advanced processors throughout England to help develop infrastructure in the British AI sector.
Google has invested £ 5 billion by focusing on research and development and improvements in AI infrastructure.
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Defense
The US software company Palantir, the UK announced that it plans to invest £ 1.5 billion in the defense sector and has provided funding for the development of artificial intelligence -supported capabilities to accelerate decision -making, military planning and targeting.
Defense Secretary John Healey said that the investment was a “great confidence vote for England.
Palantir said that he plans to establish England as the European Defense Center and plans to create a new job with 350 “highly qualified”.
Production and Ar -e
In order to provide growth and further production in life sciences, there was a series of investments from Prologis, such as £ 3.9 billion.
US engineering company Stax has committed £ 37 million to expand its operations and pioneering emission reducing technology used in ports.
Infrastructure
Private capital giant Blackstone said it plans to invest about £ 100 billion in the largest investment commitment in the UK in the next decade.
This includes an investment of £ 10 billion in the UK data centers previously announced.
Amentum, a nuclear engineering company, confirmed an investment of £ 150 million in the UK and said it plans to increase the UK labor force by over 50 percent and create more than 3,000 new businesses in the next four years.
X-Energy and Centrıca also said that they plan to build up to 12 advanced modular reactor.
Loser
Steel
The steel industry was among the main sectors who were disappointed with the visit of the President.
Plans for the tariffs of the US steel exports were shelved and England paused the pressure to reduce the tax to zero.
The US steel exports to the US are currently facing a 25 percent tariff and 50 percent for other nations.
Earlier this year, the United Kingdom and the United States agreed to exempt some England steel from tariffs.
Industry Trade Association England Steel General Manager Gareth Stace, this “disappointment,” he said.
Pharmaceuticals
As a part of the investments between countries, the UK’s drug giant GSK has introduced its plans to put about £ 22 billion in the US R -GE and its production in the next five years.
The government said that the agreement will “strengthen the bonds of the UK-USA life sciences, but that it is in a challenging ground for investment for the sector in the UK.
Last week, the US -based Merck said that the UK operation would make a plan for a £ 1 billion site in Kings Cross, which should be open in 2027.
The bosses blamed the government for making little payment for drugs and did not invest enough in the sector, because he confirmed the movement, which will affect about 125 jobs.
Days later, Astrazeneca announced that it paused its plans to invest £ 200 million to a Cambridge research site in the last major coup for the sector.
Industry bosses told MPS this week that the “difficult” environment and pricing pressure in the UK made the Britain a less attractive investment environment than other countries such as the United States.
Trump told journalists on Thursday, said pharmaceutical companies returned to the United States from other countries.
“Automobile companies are moving, AI comes in, everyone comes in… Pharmaceutical companies come back, they all want to be there – they have to be there – but they all want to be there.”
