The British government is willing to break the Northern Ireland peace deal as part of ongoing Brexit negotiations, jeopardizing hopes for a trade deal with the U.S.
U.K. interference with the Good Friday Agreement would “destroy hopes of a closer engagement with the U.S.” if, in fact, Biden defeats President Donald Trump this November.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday ruled out a U.K. trade deal if London breaks its Brexit pact with the EU over the Irish border. “The Good Friday Agreement is the bedrock of peace in Northern Ireland,” said Pelosi. “If the U.K. violates that international treaty and Brexit undermines the Good Friday accord, there will be absolutely no chance of a U.S.-U.K. trade agreement passing the Congress.
Former Finnish prime minister and veteran EU treaty negotiator Alexander Stubb told POLITICO that the U.K. government is “putting ideology before reality,” calling the move “unprecedented.” Brigid Laffan, a governance expert at the European University Institute, went even further, calling the proposal a,“hostile act towards a near neighbor” that would make the U.K. a “rogue state,” if implemented.
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