US and UK expected to announce a trade deal that Trump says will cement their relationship

By ZEKE MILLER and JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Britain are expected to announce a trade deal on Thursday that will lower the burden of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs and deliver a political victory for U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that a deal due to be announced at 10 a.m. EDT will be a “full and comprehensive one that will cement the relationship between the United States and t