05-02-2019, 11:17
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Remoaner
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 32,856
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Re: Brexit
https://twitter.com/faisalislam/stat...18256933273600
The United States might be taking 'Ireland's side' over the backstop:
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NEW: Ministers’ private concern over US Congress siding with Dublin. Specifically Cabinet sources point to impact on any US-UK trade deal should UK be seen to renege on commitments to Dublin.
In particular the Democratic Party takeover of the key Ways and Means Committee, the House of Representatives Committee with most influence over trade policy, that has in the past demanded trade deals be renegotiated, and in particular key Irish American Congressmen
Another Irish American member of the Committee @RepBrendanBoyle told Sky News “we’re v sensitive about anything that could possibly threaten the GFA, so specifically that the backstop was removed- the thing that was guaranteeing that there would be no return to a hard border“
Rep Boyle raised without prompting UK-US trade deal: “If you renege, or you go back that does not affect just this current issue, but all future issues. You lose your credibility..we’re going to be looking at US-UK trade deal, so we’ll remember how good one’s credibility is.”
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