The leaders are expected to discuss trade, although a full-blown free trade agreement is not on the agenda.
By Becky MortonPrime Minister Rishi Sunak will travel to Washington next week for talks with US President Joe Biden.The White House said the pair would also discuss the situation in Northern Ireland.
The prime minister's official spokesman said the visit would focus on "enhancing the level of co-operation and co-ordination between the UK and US on the economic challenges that will define our future, including securing our supply chains and transitioning to zero-carbon economies". "The president and the prime minister will discuss efforts to continue strengthening our economic relationship as we confront shared economic and national security challenges.
The US president spent the majority of his time in the Republic of Ireland but also met Mr Sunak in Belfast, although commentators remarked on his limited contact with the prime minister during the visit. Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves also visited Washington last week, where she met US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
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