The US Presidential candidate Joe Biden has poked his nose into the Brexit debate claiming that if he is elected he will not allow peace in Northern Ireland to become a “casualty of Brexit” if he is elected US President in November.
The Democratic candidate said any UK-US trade deal had to be “contingent” on respect for the Good Friday Agreement.
US Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed there was “no chance” of a UK-US trade deal getting through the US Congress if the UK violated international agreements, undermining the Good Friday Agreement.
She said the lower house of Congress, which is currently controlled by her party, would defend the 1998 Good Friday Agreement as a “beacon of hope for peace-loving people throughout the whole world”.
However, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he trusted the UK to “get this right”.
When asked about the bill asked at a joint UK-US press conference Mr Pompeo said: “We trust the UK, we know the complexities of the situation, I have great confidence they will get this right.”
After a meeting with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, the Speaker of the House of Representatives said the UK’s exit from the EU could not be allowed to “imperil” peace in Northern Ireland.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has been in the US attempting to reassure politicians about the latest Brexit developments and strengthen the UK’s negotiating hand with the USA.
Mr Raab affirmed that “the threat to the Good Friday Agreement comes from the EU’s politicisation of the issue”.
He defended the bill as “precautionary and proportionate” adding “what we can’t have is the EU seeking to erect a border down the Irish Sea between Northern Ireland and Britain”.
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