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US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer are set to meet on Monday, one day after a new US-EU trade deal was announced.
The two will meet at a golf property owned by the US president’s family in southwestern Scotland. They will then travel to Aberdeen, where there is another Trump golf course and a third is set to open soon.
Discussions between the two heads of state are expected to cover US tariffs, Russia’s all-out war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, among other topics.
According to Starmer’s office, they will address diplomatic steps necessary to bring Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table within the next 50 days. London is also reportedly hoping for deeper US involvement in Gaza ceasefire talks.
Protesters have planned a demonstration near Trump’s existing course after previously taking to the streets on Saturday to decry the American president’s visit.
The discussions follow a meeting between Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at his Turnberry course on Sunday. The two announce a new trade framework – though many major details remain pending.
The new trade agreement between the US and EU will see a blanket tariff of 15% on most EU goods imported to the US and is set to kick in on Friday. It means that the EU will avoid 30% tariffs previously threatened by Trump.
At a previous G7 summit in Canada, Starmer and Trump signed a trade agreement lifting US tariffs on British aerospace exports and reducing duties on auto-related goods from 25% to 10% while increasing the amount of US beef it pledged to import.
The US ran a $11.4 billion trade surplus with the UK last year, meaning it exported more than it imported. US Census Bureau figures this year indicate that the surplus could grow.
Trump is set to return to the UK in September for an unprecedented second state visit. Trump will be hosted then by King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle.
