UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Image: PA Images UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Image: PA Images SENIOR US POLITICIANS have warned Boris Johnson that Washington will not support any free trade pact with the UK if Britain fails to uphold its commitments to Northern Ireland as part of Brexit.
Four US congressmen, led by chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Eliot Engel, have written to Johnson urging the Government to respect its open border and peace process with Northern Ireland. With the issues raised in this letter in mind, we therefore urge you to abandon any and all legally questionable and unfair efforts to flout the Northern Ireland protocol of the Withdrawal Agreement and look to ensure that Brexit negotiations do not undermine the decades of progress to bring peace to Northern Ireland and future options for the bilateral relationship between our two countries.