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A number corporate bosses will accompany the President on his state visit (Image: Getty)
A number of high-profile corporate bosses are accompanying Donald Trump on next week's state visit to the UK. This includes the boss of the world’s most valuable public company Nvidia, the chipmaker, Sam Altman, the boss of OpenAI, Larry Fink of BlackRock and Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone's chief. Invites have also been sent to Tim Cook, the Apple chief executive and Jamie Dimon, the JP Morgan boss.
However, a notable absentee from the invite list is the world’s richest man Elon Musk, the Tesla owner and former Senior Advisor to the President of the United States. Mr Trump will make the unprecedented second state visit to the UK on September 17. The invitation of US tech and finance giants has now fueled expectations that a number of corporate deals and investments in the UK will be unveiled.
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49 mins ago17:50 Lotti OBrien
Why will there be a second US state visit?
In February this year, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer gave Trump an invitation from King Charles during a White House meeting to discuss a UK-US trade deal.
Sir Keir said the invite was "truly historic" and "unprecedented", and Mr Trump said it was a "great, great honour".
US presidents serving a second term are typically not offered a state visit. Instead, they are invited for tea or lunch with the monarch.
The King's invite read: "Quite apart from this presenting an opportunity to discuss a wide range of issues of mutual interest, it would also offer a valuable chance to plan a historic second state visit to the United Kingdom.
"As you will know this is unprecedented by a US president. That is why I would find it helpful for us to be able to discuss, together, a range of options for location and programme content.
"In so doing, working together, I know we will further enhance the special relationship between our two countries of which we are both so proud."
1 hour ago17:29 Lotti OBrien
US tech and finance giants to accompany Trump
A number of US tech and finance bosses will join the US President on his second state visit.
This includes the boss of the world’s most valuable public company Nvidia, the chipmaker, Sam Altman, the boss of OpenAI, Larry Fink of BlackRock and Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone's chief. Invites have also been sent to Tim Cook, the Apple chief executive and Jamie Dimon, the JP Morgan boss.
1 hour ago17:25 Lotti OBrien
Trump set for second UK state visit next week
US President Donald Trump will make an unprecedented second state visit to the UK next week, accompanied by his wife Melania.
The visit will take pace from Wednesday 17 September to Friday 19 September.
Traditionally, US presidents serving a second term are not offered a state visit.
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