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Kimberly Cowell-Meyers, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, American University School of Public Affairs

New EU-UK trade deal has promise for Northern Ireland and US as well

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announce their new trade agreement. Dan Kitwood/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

A new trade agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom, which left the EU in 2020, could have finally found a way to safeguard peace in Northern Ireland after Brexit reignited old tensions.

The deal between the EU and the U.K., called the Windsor Framework, lays out new rules about how trade will move between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, the island that consists of Scotland, Wales and England, the other three provinces of the United Kingdom.

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