The two leaders are scheduled to meet on an almost monthly basis as they seek to build closer transatlantic relations - but a US-UK free trade agreement remains unlikely
But Mr Sunak will stop short of suggesting that negotiations on a free-trade agreement, which have been on pause since Mr Biden took office, should be restarted in the near future.
The two leaders last met in San Diego in March, where they attended a trilateral summit along with the prime minister of Australia to agree the next phase of theThe Prime Minister is scheduled to travel back to the US in June for detailed discussions with the president in Washington. They are also meeting at a number of multilateral summits in the coming months: the G7 in April, Nato in June and the G20 in September.
Britain and the US have been close allies during the invasion of Ukraine, working together to encourage Western countries to step up their support for Kyiv despite the perceived risk of Russian escalation. But they have clashed over Mr Biden’s, which offers large tax breaks to multinational companies which relocate to North America and is seen as setting off a subsidies arms race with Europe.
Mr Sunak’s meeting with President Biden in Belfast comes as multiple past and present leaders visit Northern Ireland to celebrate the Good Friday Agreement. Bill and Hillary Clinton will give speeches next week, marking Mr Clinton’s role as US president in helping to finalise the agreement. The announcement of the Windsor framework on UK-EU relations is seen in the US as removing on potential obstacle to transatlantic co-operation. American politicians had warned Britain not to risk peace in Ireland by launching an effective trade war with Brussels.
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