Final details are under wraps but Trump promised the deal provides billions of dollars in access for U.S. agricultural products like beef and ethanol.

Washington celebrates that "it has been possible because we blew up the whole system," while London considers it a "start," but not the end, and resists accepting a relaxation of phytosanitary standards.

President Donald Trump will announce a trade agreement with the United Kingdom on Thursday morning, he wrote on social media, calling it “full and comprehensive,” without providing more details. The deal is the first the administration hopes to sign with dozens of trading partners across the world.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump opened his four-day Middle East trip on Tuesday by paying a visit to Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, for talks on U.S. efforts to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program, end the war in Gaza, hold down oil prices and more.

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday promised billions of dollars in deals with the United States from defense to artificial intelligence as it threw a lavish welcome for President Donald Trump on the first state visit of his second term.

President Donald Trump landed in Riyadh on Tuesday with a purple carpet waiting for him and a $600 billion promise coming from Saudi Arabia. The country’s Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih said the kingdom will pour that amount into the US economy over the next four years.

By Yousef Saba, Gram Slattery, Pesha Magid and Nafisa Eltahir RIYADH (Reuters) -President Donald Trump kicked off his trip to the Gulf on Tuesday with a surprise announcement that the United States will lift long-standing sanctions on Syria,

President Trump makes announcement on U.K. trade deal. The deal is the first by the United States with a country whose imports were subject to new tariffs imposed by Trump in early April.

Trump is again diverging from U.S. presidential habit by choosing the Middle East, not Canada or Mexico, for the first foreign trip of his second term. He's hoping to do deals with three of the region's wealthiest countries.