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(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump and King Charles III capped a day of pomp and pageantry at Windsor Castle dining on quail egg salad at an elaborate state dinner with tech and finance executives Wednesday.
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The trappings of the event — from a string orchestra that played Trump playlist favorites from Elton John and the Rolling Stones to a 1945 vintage port intended to honor the 45th American president — underscored efforts to strengthen a US-UK alliance enduring economic and security headwinds.
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The guest list nodded to the work ahead, with Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer set to meet Thursday to solidify joint tech, energy and crypto deals. Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook, Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser, Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang, Blackstone Inc. CEO Steve Schwarzman and media tycoon Rupert Murdoch were among 160 guests listed to attend the banquet.
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US and UK officials have said they expect to roll out economic deals worth billions of dollars to coincide with the visit, with artificial intelligence data centers and nuclear plants to help power them key on the agenda. Microsoft Corp., OpenAI and other American companies announced plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on technology infrastructure in the UK.
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Trump is also expected to announce more than $10 billion in new economic deals, as well as other efforts to align the nations’ financial sectors. British drugmaker GSK Plc pledged to invest $30 billion in the US over the next five years.
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But the ultimate success of Wednesday’s dinner — which also included top Trump administration officials, MI6 chief Richard Moore and the president’s daughter, Tiffany — may be judged on whether progress is made on other areas of friction.
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The UK hopes to press Trump on trade terms and the war in Ukraine, though major breakthroughs aren’t expected. London has shelved talks aimed at eliminating tariffs on British steel, scaling back its goals of bringing the levies to zero, according to a person familiar with the matter. Trump officials have previously raised their concerns over the UK’s Online Safety Act and efforts by Starmer’s government to obtain backdoor access to Apple’s cloud services.
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Ahead of those negotiations, Trump was offered a royal spectacle at Windsor Castle in what UK officials have described as the first-ever second state visit for a foreign leader. Trump was ushered to the castle alongside the king in the gilded Irish State Coach, a horse-drawn carriage customarily rolled out for the State Opening of Parliament that was also used for the late Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding.
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Later, the party — which included First Lady Melania Trump in a wide-brimmed hat, Queen Camilla, Prince William and Princess Catherine — toured an exhibit that included a first edition text of Captain John Smith’s account of his time in the Virginia colony, as well as 18th century watercolors made by English naturalist Mark Catesby during trips to the east coast of North America.
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