As President Joe Biden seeks to unite Western democracies to counter China's increasing global influence at the Group of Seven meeting of world leaders on Saturday, one issue is threatening to divide his European counterparts: Brexit.
, while Britain says those checks are imposing a big burden on businesses and destabilizing Northern Ireland's hard-won peace.The diplomatic spat — over what is known as the Northern Ireland Protocol — has drawn in, who is concerned about the potential threat to Northern Ireland's 1998 Good Friday peace deal, which ended three decades of conflict, known as the Troubles.
However, Johnson brushed away such rumors when the two men first met on Thursday, telling media that they were in "complete harmony" over the issues.tweeted after meeting Johnson at the G-7 on Saturday. "We want the best possible relations with the UK. Both sides must implement what we agreed on. There is complete EU unity on this."The E.U. is threatening legal action if the U.K.
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