{"id":319015,"date":"2025-12-16T12:29:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/319015\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T12:29:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:29:06","slug":"negotiations-over-us-uk-tech-deal-stall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/319015\/","title":{"rendered":"Negotiations over US-UK tech deal stall"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Times – which first reported the story, external<\/a> – said there were “broader disagreements” between the two sides, including over digital regulations and food safety rules.<\/p>\n

The UK government did not comment on these specific claims. The White House has not responded to the BBC’s request for a comment.<\/p>\n

When the deal was announced the government was keen to highlight the benefits it said it would bring.<\/p>\n

“This Tech Prosperity Deal marks a generational step change in our relationship with the US, shaping the futures of millions of people on both sides of the Atlantic,” Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said in a statement., external<\/a><\/p>\n

Technology secretary Liz Kendall said the partnership would “transform lives across Britain” and was a “vote of confidence in Britain’s booming AI sector.”<\/p>\n

At the same time the deal was revealed, a series of US tech firms announced a flurry of investment in the UK.<\/p>\n

A total of \u00a331bn in planned spending was set out by tech giants including Microsoft, Nvidia and Google.<\/p>\n

It is believed those investment plans are unaffected.<\/p>\n

Google, Microsoft and Nvidia have also been approached for comment, but the firms have not yet responded to the BBC.<\/p>\n

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang said in September<\/a> his company’s UK investment reflected his belief it could become an “AI superpower” – an ambition championed by Sir Keir’s government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Times – which first reported the story, external – said there were “broader disagreements” between…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-319015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}