Nancy Pelosi warns Boris Johnson there is 'absolutely no chance' of a UK-US trade deal if he pursues his Brexit plan
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., conducts a news conference to call for the extension of the federal unemployment insurance in the Capitol Visitor Center to on Friday, July 24, 2020.Senior Democrats have warned that there will be no US trade deal with the UK if Boris Johnson does not uphold the Brexit protocol for Northern Ireland.
Johnson's government has this week caused consternation in UK and in Brussels after revealing an explosive plan to unilaterally determine elements of Northern Ireland's trade with Great Britain from next year. "The Good Friday Agreement is treasured by the American people and will be proudly defended in the United States Congress.": "There will be no trade agreement on a bilateral basis with the UK if they re-establish a hard border. Speaker Pelosi and I are determined that that will not happen.
Neale articulated widespread concern that Prime Minister Johnson's plan to potentially disapply parts of the Northern Ireland protocol would lead to the return of checks and infrastructure on the island of Ireland. Johnson and other pro-Brexit MPs argue that a free trade deal with the US will one of the biggest prizes of leaving the EU. Talks over a deal got underway earlier this year.
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