NewsEuropeThe US warns Truss that "undoing" the Northern Ireland Protocol would weigh down a possible trade agreement

The US warns Truss that “undoing” the Northern Ireland Protocol would weigh down a possible trade agreement

Liz Truss, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom – Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire/dpa

The White House has warned the new British Prime Minister, Liz Truss, on Wednesday that any attempt to “undo” the Northern Ireland Protocol included in the Brexit agreements would be an obstacle for the United States and the United Kingdom to seal a treaty. of free trade.

The spokeswoman for the US Presidency, Karine Jean-Pierre, has admitted that, technically, “there is no relationship” between the two concepts, but has urged the new British government not to follow the path that Boris Johnson once embarked on.

“Efforts to undo the Northern Ireland Protocol would not create a favorable environment and basically this is where we are with the dialogue,” Jean-Pierre told the media, according to the Bloomberg news agency.

Already on Tuesday, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, stressed in his first telephone conversation with Truss “the importance of reaching a negotiated agreement with the European Union”, after London presented in June the law that would unilaterally annul the protocol Northern Irish.

The new tenant of Downing Street has defended this Wednesday before the House of Commons that she wants a “negotiated solution” to the current disputes, which leave in the air a series of commitments that keep Northern Ireland within the European common market.

Source: Europa Press

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