The cross-border element of the scheme means patients will get back the amount of money the operation would have cost in Northern Ireland, subject to approval.
He added the pair had "a very good relationship" and he was "confident that the Chinese will come to the table when President Trump makes his preferences known"., the US lowered tariffs imposed on goods from China from 145% to 30%.
China's retaliatory tariffs on US goods dropped from 125% to 10%.The US President has argued imposing tariffs on foreign goods would encourage US consumers to buy more American-made goods, bringing back manufacturing jobs while increasing the amount of tax revenue raised.They have been used by the Trump administration as leverage in negotiations as it seeks to reduce trade deficits with other nations.
A delegation from Japan are continuing trade talks with their US counterparts in Washington on Friday.Bessent said "a couple" of US trade deals were "very close", but "a couple of them are more complicated".
Trump's tariff regime remains in the balance following the decision by the US Court of International Trade, which ruled that Trump had
Some analysts believe it will mean countries will be less likely to rush to secure trade deals with the US.It comes as plans are in place to bring forward legislation to prohibit drivers overtaking school buses which have stopped to drop off or pick up their passengers.
Ms McMullan said Caitlin-Rose was "blindsided" when she walked out between two buses and "couldn't see traffic coming"."My daughter unfortunately died on a 60mph road with no footpath, with no bus shelter and basically got off her bus on a mucky, grass verge - so the bus pass that she [was] issued, I thought was a death sentence," she said.
Ms McMullan was speaking at Stormont where other families who lost loved ones in similar circumstances also shared their support for any legislation to tighten road safety laws.Calls have been made for new laws to improve school bus safety in Northern Ireland since Caitlin-Rose's death.