After a fresh round of US tariff threats, including measures
linked to the sovereignty of Greenland, the Business and Trade
Committee asks: how resilient is the UK's trading relationship
with the United States?
At an evidence session on Tuesday 10 February, MPs will
investigate a series of recent UK–US deals and the investment
announcements made alongside them - spanning trade, technology,
pharmaceuticals and critical minerals. The Committee will examine
whether these agreements and investments are delivering concrete
benefits for the British economy, or leaving UK businesses
exposed and increasingly dependent on the US through political
memos with little legal force.
The Committee will hear from senior figures across technology,
finance and life sciences on the real opportunities and
trade-offs in the deals, the influence business has over their
implementation, and what is needed to turn headline announcements
and investment pledges into durable economic gains for the
UK.
Rt Hon MP, Chair of the Committee,
said: “When tariffs can be
threatened with an overnight tweet, Britain can't rely on
political agreements and paper promises. We need to know where
British business stands with America. Does the government's
bargains with the White House actually promise real jobs, real
investment and real security - or leave UK firms exposed
to wishful thinking made in Washington.”
On Tuesday 10 February
2026 from 2:45pm:
- Duncan Edwards OBE, CEO at British American Business
- Russell Codling, Director of Markets Business Development at
Tata Steel UK
- Dr Richard Torbett, CEO at Association of the British
Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)
- Dr Scott Steedman CBE, Director of Standards at British
Standards Institution (BSI)
At approximately 3:15pm:
- Andrew Dowler, Senior Managing Director at
Blackstone
- Paul Weston, Senior Vice President at Prologis UK
Limited
- Audrey Yvernault, Vice President of Government
Affairs at GSK
- Loren Jones, Senior Vice President at Amentum
At approximately 4:00pm
- Hugh Milward, Senior Director of Corporate, External and
Legal at Microsoft
- Ben Richardson, Vice President at CoreWeave
- Jonathan Legh-Smith, Executive Director
at UKQuantum
