Trump Administration to Announce Trade Deal With Britain

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For Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, the trade deal would offer vindication for his assiduous cultivation of Mr. Trump. During his visit to the Oval Office in February, Mr. Starmer turned up with an invitation from King Charles III for the president to make a rare second state visit to Britain. The Trump administration appears […]


Trump names billionaire banker Warren Stephens as envoy to Britain

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President-elect Donald Trump has named billionaire investment banker Warren Stephens as his envoy to Britain, a prestigious posting for the Republican donor whose contributions this year included $2 million to a Trump-backing super PAC. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social site Monday evening, announced he was selecting Stephens to be the US ambassador to […]


Britain Braces for Higher Rates as Bank of England Meets

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In an effort to combat rapid price rises in Britain, the Bank of England raised interest rates on Thursday, its first back-to-back increases in more than 17 years, and said it would start to shrink its enormous holdings of government and corporate bonds . Inflation is already at its fastest pace in three decades: The […]