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Claudia Savage

Trump will not do trade deal with UK as NI is ‘back door’ to the EU, MPs told

TUV leader Jim Allister (Oliver McVeigh/PA) - (PA Archive)

US President-elect Donald Trump will not do a trade deal with the UK because Northern Ireland is a “back door” to the EU, MPs have been told.

During debate on TUV leader Jim Allister’s European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) Bill, the MP for North Antrim warned that the Windsor Framework means the UK cannot offer “certainty” to the US of being a “safe and secure partner in a trade deal”.

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