No UK trade deal if Brexit undermines Good Friday accord: Pelosi

WASHINGTON: An American trade pact with Britain is doomed if the latter's withdrawal from the EU undermines the Northern Ireland peace accord, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned on Wednesday .

Because Northern Ireland, which is a part of the United Kingdom, shares a border with Ireland, a part of the European Union, critics have warned that Brexit might require reimposing a hard border on the island. Pelosi, a master legislator, strongly signalled that Republicans would join her Democrats in opposing a trade pact if Brexit undermines the peace deal.

Those in Congress with a strong belief in Northern Ireland and the Good Friday agreement"would certainly be willing to go against the president," King told The Guardian.After his first phone call with the new British leader late last month, Trump told reporters that talks on a"very substantial" post-Brexit trade deal were already underway.

But any US trade deal needs final approval from the US Congress, where political power is split: Pelosi's Democrats control the House of Representatives, while the Senate is led by Republicans.

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