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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O'Carroll in Dublin

US ‘will not entertain’ UK trade deal that risks Good Friday agreement

Richard Neal, the US chairman of the ways and means committee.
US congressman Richard Neal has taken a keen interest in Northern Ireland over the past three decades. Photograph: Brian Stukes/Rex/Shutterstock

A bilateral trade deal between the US and the UK is “desirable” but will not progress while the Northern Ireland peace deal is being used for domestic political purposes, one of the most powerful American congressmen has warned.

Richard Neal, the chairman of the ways and means committee, has told the Guardian: “We will not entertain a trade agreement if there is any jeopardy to the Good Friday agreement.

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