Prime Minister Andy Burnham (left) meets with US President Donald Trump during his visit to the US to attend the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2026, in New York. Photo: Toby Melville/PA Wire POLITICS (Press Association via AP Images)The UK-US Tech Prosperity Deal has tentatively returned to the negotiating table, but its revival remains partial. In February, the Financial Times reported that talks on the UK-US Tech Prosperity deal had restarted, though efforts to reach an agreement over the UK’s Digital Services Tax and online safety rules remain stalled. The US has also renewed its push to remove digital taxes by threatening 100% tariffs on countries introducing them.The deal was originally based on an informal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing collaboration between the two nations on nuclear energy and quantum technologies, joint AI research initiatives, promoting exports of data centers and AI models, aligning policy and co-development of standards in AI. Alongside the deal, tech companies like Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, Google and CoreWeave had announced a combined £31 billion of investment, mostly through building AI infrastructure.The much-publicized deal, intended to bind the AI ambitions of the two nations, almost immediately fell through due to continued trade disagreements, particularly rules restricting American agricultural products, online safety regulations and digital taxes. One year on, and investment pledges linked to the deal…

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