The Prime Minister met US business leaders at a roundtable event while in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. Keir Starmer thanked the executives for the "trust and confidence" they put into the UK as he stressed the importance of trade between the two nations. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00It goes without saying, but it is true, there is a unique and special relationship between the U.S. and the U.K.
00:05And I think that is a really important starting point because there's a huge amount of trade worth $340 million between our two countries.
00:15And we invested $1.2 trillion in each other's economies last year.
00:19So there's a very strong basis and underpinning for this discussion.
00:23And around this table, many of you are putting billions of investment into our country and supporting over 150,000 jobs.
00:32So my first thing is to say thank you for that. Thank you for the trust and confidence you're putting into the U.K.