Investing.com -- British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent held a meeting on Friday to discuss a potential trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States.

Reeves took to social media to express her thoughts on the meeting, noting that the relationship between the UK and the US has been beneficial for businesses and workers on both sides of the Atlantic. She further stated that the discussion with Bessent was centered around the UK-US economic prosperity deal and the shared goal of reaching an agreement that would serve the national interests of both countries.

The meeting took place on the sidelines of a larger gathering of the world’s top finance officials at the International Monetary Fund. This meeting was largely dominated by the implementation of sweeping import tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump.

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