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Biden says no US-UK trade deal if Good Friday agreement is threatened by Brexit

Critics say the UK government’s proposals could threaten the 1998 Good Friday agreement which helped bring peace to Northern Ireland after decades of sectarian conflict

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has warned that there will be no post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and the US if Britain does not protect the Northern Irish peace deal.

Biden tweeted: “We can’t allow the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland to become a casualty of Brexit.

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