Biden: US-UK trade deal hangs on honoring Northern Irish peace deal
u.s democratic presidential candidate joe biden issued a warning for the united kingdom that any future trade deal between the two countries was dependent on upholding the agreement
That brought peace to northern ireland in a tweet posted on wednesday biden said we can't allow the good friday agreement that brought peace to northern ireland to become a casualty of brexit he added that any agreed trade deal must
Prevent the return of a hard border on the island of ireland biden's comments come on the back of uk prime minister boris johnson unveiling legislation that would break parts of the existing brexit divorce
Treaty relating to northern ireland the arrangements that we have his tweet included a screenshot of a letter to johnson written by the chair of the foreign affairs committee of the
U.s house of representatives which said congress would not support a free trade agreement between the united states and the united kingdom if britain failed to uphold its commitments with northern ireland
The european union says any breach of the brexit treaty could damage trade talks and complicate the border between the united kingdom's northern ireland and eu member ireland