US president Joe Biden meets British prime minister Liz Truss during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York TimesThe UK has a six-month deadline to resolve the Northern Ireland protocol row, with plans afoot for a state visit next year for Joe Biden to mark the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement.
In his televised opening remarks at the start of the meeting, signalling their significance, Mr Biden told Ms Truss: “We are both committed to protecting the Good Friday Agreement of Northern Ireland. I’m looking forward to hearing what’s on your mind.”While the primary focus of the trip for Ms Truss was tackling Russian aggression in Ukraine, it raises concerns that the new prime minister was letting the protocol issue “drift”, despite her promises.
“If you look at the calendar you will conclude that next year might be an obvious reason to visit Europe if things come good,” one source said. Within days of taking over, the White House warned Ms Truss against “undoing” the protocol, stressing that while there was no “formal linkage” between the issue and striking a free trade deal, it would not create a “conducive environment”.
Former prime minister Tony Blair has been involved in reassuring EU nations and the US that the row over the post-Brexit trading rules in Northern Ireland was not a threat to the stability of the Belfast agreement, according to British diplomats.
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