Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are meeting with Chinese officials in Stockholm this week for another round of trade talks ahead of an Aug. 12 deadline for steep tariffs on both U.

The leaders will meet at Trump's Ayrshire golf resort a day after the US president struck a new trade deal with the EU.

U.S. President Donald Trump spoke warmly about the "special relationship" with Britain on Monday, lavishing praise on Prime Minister Keir Starmer, King Charles, and his own mother's Scottish homeland from the ballroom of his Turnberry golf club.