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US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi says that the prospect of a post-Brexit US-UK trade deal rests on maintaining the Good Friday Agreement.
'there will be no US-UK trade deal - period' if the UK government moves forward with the Internal Market Bill - Congressman Brendan Boyle [1 min]
09/11/2020
“This is a clear red line for us.” / Congressman Brendan Boyle says “there will be no US-UK trade deal - period” if the UK government moves forward with the Internal Market Bill.
'What were they thinking?': No US-UK trade deal if Good Friday Agreement is broken, threatens Pelosi
11/09/2020
Nancy Pelosi has warned the UK there will be "absolutely no chance" of a trade deal with Washington passing Congress should the government override the Brexit withdrawal agreement signed by Boris Johnson.
Boris Johnson administration ‘frantically repositioning’ itself for Biden presidency, claims George Osborne
26/10/2020
Democrat candidate does not feel ‘particularly warm’ towards Brexiteers, says former chancellor.
Boris Johnson Warned By US Senator That Trade Deal Will Have 'Tough' Time Passing Congress
16/07/2019
"There is bipartisan consensus against blowing up the Good Friday agreement."
Brexit Republic - The Revolver
18/09/2020
Mr Raab goes to Washington, Mr Miliband goes to town on Mr Johnson in another busy, busy Brexit week. Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin look at the continuing external waves being made by the Internal Market Bill and go-slow negotiations.
US House of Representatives speaker visited the Irish border on Thursday morning.
Nancy Pelosi among those to highlight the issue, while UK representative says he hopes it is a case of ‘quality over quantity’.
UK PM Boris Johnson had been wildly happy about his new EU exit deal; then he introduced a law undermining both it, and the last round of trade negotiations. Speaking with two former permanent secretaries of the UK’s EU exit department, Matt Ross asks whether Johnson is applying firm leverage – or deliberately sabotaging the trade talks.
If Boris Johnson seriously believes the US will shower rewards on Britain after leaving the EU he is mistaken.
Emergency talks called between UK and EU over 'carpet bomb' plan - amid warning over US trade deal
10/09/2020
Legal action is also reportedly being considered by Brussels, and a top Democrat has warned a UK-US trade deal is at risk.
The Chairman of the US House of Representatives' Ways and Means Committee has issued a fresh warning that there will be no trade deal between the US and the UK if Brexit leads to the return of a hard border.
The United States would not strike a wideranging trade deal with Britain after Brexit if a hard border was restored between Ireland and Northern Ireland, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Monday.
I Remember The Omagh Bloodshed – Boris Johnson's No-Deal Brexit Risks A Return To Violence
15/08/2019
Our prime minister claims he wants to keep the Good Friday Agreement safe, yet his desire to push through a no-deal Brexit makes that impossible, Best for Britain CEO Naomi Smith writes.
In Northern Ireland, My Generation Has The Most To Lose Through Brexit, So Why Do We Have The Least Say?
23/05/2019
Regardless of the European election results, the rhetoric on “binning the backstop” will begin again next week. But more than any time in the past two decades, politicians from Westminster need to show courage and leadership on Northern Ireland.
Presidential candidate says any US-UK trade deal must be contingent upon respect for agreement.
Nancy Pelosi restates opposition to trans-Atlantic trade deal if Brexit harms the Good Friday Agreement
15/08/2019
US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi has said there will be "no chance" of US-UK trade deal if Brexit compromises the Good Friday Agreement.
A US-UK trade deal will not get through Congress if Brexit undermines the Good Friday Agreement, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives has said.
Senior US politician says Brexit cannot be allowed to imperil Good Friday agreement.
No Wonder Donald Trump Loves Brexit So Much
03/06/2019
The U.S. wants to move the U.K. away from the EU’s set of trade rules and regulations toward the American one. Farage and Johnson are easy prey.
A leaked cross-government study warning of the impact of a no-deal Brexit outlines a "worst-case scenario", cabinet minister Michael Gove has said.
White House trade pledge empty without backing from pro-Irish House Speaker.
The Speaker of the US House of Representatives discussed the Northern Ireland Protocol with Johnson in Downing Street.
Pelosi warns US will not strike Brexit trade deal with UK if Good Friday Agreement is undermined
16/04/2019
Speaker of the US House of Representatives says peace treaty could not be 'bargained away in another agreement'. / Nancy Pelosi has said there will be no chance of a US trade deal with the UK if the Good Friday Agreement is undermined by Brexit.
Britain must ‘respect the Northern Ireland Protocol as signed with the EU’, House speaker says.
The US Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has sent a letter to the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warning that he will strongly oppose any US-UK trade deal that undermines the Good Friday Agreement or facilitates a return to a hard border.
Sidestepping agreement on Northern Ireland could put trade deal with US at risk, Johnson warned
23/02/2020
Ministers ‘must not be allowed to sidestep their responsibilities,’ says Sinn Fein MP.
It is one of the starkest of all Brexit contradictions. The most strident supporters of the project want to leave the EU because it imposes demands upon the UK, but then also secure a trade deal with the US which would involve accepting a whole new set of obligations.
The United States will delay its deal to remove tariffs on UK steel and aluminum because of concerns about post-Brexit trade rules affecting Northern Ireland, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
A former British diplomat, who was Boris Johnson's Brexit counsellor in Washington, has spoken of her dismay and anger at his administration’s attitude to the Irish border question when he became Prime Minister in July 2019.
UK-US trade deal ‘very unlikely’ if Brexit talks damage Irish peace process, warns Pelosi
17/09/2021
The Speaker of the US House of Representatives said today that a breakdown in the talks over the Northern Ireland Protocol would be “problematic” for a post-Brexit UK-US trade deal.
Richard Neal condemns decision to extend grace period for customs checks between NI and Britain.
A bipartisan US congressional delegation is due to meet Irish premier Micheal Martin in Dublin.
Dominic Raab faces backlash over Irish border and attempts to leave EU on own terms.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi takes aim at UK over stance on Northern Ireland protocol.
Fresh from scandals and an attempted ousting, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest plan is to tear up key parts of a post-Brexit agreement on Northern Ireland he made himself less than three years ago.
‘There will be consequences’: No US trade deal if Boris Johnson reneges on Brexit agreement, Congressman warns
08/09/2020
‘I can’t believe that any side would be acting in such a cavalier way when we're talking about a fragile peace in the North of Ireland’
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