Trump’s memecoin surges as holders compete for dinner with US president
The top 25 owners will be invited to a reception and VIP tour of the White House
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Rachel Reeves dashes hopes of early breakthrough in UK-US trade deal
Chancellor says UK is ‘not going to rush a deal’ and rejects new US demands on agricultural products
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Rachel Reeves has dashed hopes of an early breakthrough in trade talks with the Trump administration, stressing the UK is “not going to rush” into a deal.
Speaking before her first face-to-face meeting with the US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, in which she was expected to lobby him to reduce tariffs, the chancellor said negotiations would take time.