Delaying removing Trunp-era tariffs on steel and aluminium for those that won’t read past the headline.
The Democrats hate the UK, something like this was always going to happen.
Both branches of government and both parties (albeit more noticeable for Democrats) have been pretty on point whenever UK threatened to escalate the issue with the NIP.
This was passed bipartisanly, when Boris tried to add provisions to the Internal Market Bill. Break the law in “limited and specific ways” bill
They specifically mention tying any future US-UK trade deal to upholding the GFA. What they do not mention here (yet) is they, like the EU, consider the NIP a core protection of the GFA.
This one was in March 2021, when the “Sausage war” spat was escalating. Again US warns the UK specifically with mention of any future US-UK trade deal is based on integrity of the GFA and therefore the full implementation of the NIP.
One of the first things US did when Biden arrived for the UK G7 meeting was to issue a demarché, a formal rebuke, of Britain’s handling of the NIP, which at the time was again threatening to spiral out into Article 16 threats.
Not any EU member, specifically the UK. And using formal means at that.
And now the most recent Article 16 threat this fall got a quick US House response. Again more pointed in who they are formally reprimanding.
Note that their statements have gotten less diplomatic and more direct with every attempt to escalate. They are also all directed at the UK.
There’s simply too many Irish American swing voters (just voters in general) to ignore. No amount of “we made the economy better with a trade deal,” is going to supersede something as visible as “we allowed the GFA to lapse on our watch.”
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Delaying removing Trunp-era tariffs on steel and aluminium for those that won’t read past the headline.
The Democrats hate the UK, something like this was always going to happen.
Both branches of government and both parties (albeit more noticeable for Democrats) have been pretty on point whenever UK threatened to escalate the issue with the NIP.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/585/text
This was passed bipartisanly, when Boris tried to add provisions to the Internal Market Bill. Break the law in “limited and specific ways” bill
They specifically mention tying any future US-UK trade deal to upholding the GFA. What they do not mention here (yet) is they, like the EU, consider the NIP a core protection of the GFA.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-resolution/117/text
This one was in March 2021, when the “Sausage war” spat was escalating. Again US warns the UK specifically with mention of any future US-UK trade deal is based on integrity of the GFA and therefore the full implementation of the NIP.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/g7-summit-2021-joe-biden-accuses-boris-johnson-of-inflaming-irish-tensions-r88lcv6cg
One of the first things US did when Biden arrived for the UK G7 meeting was to issue a demarché, a formal rebuke, of Britain’s handling of the NIP, which at the time was again threatening to spiral out into Article 16 threats.
Not any EU member, specifically the UK. And using formal means at that.
https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/2021/11/meeks-keating-blumenauer-and-boyle-issue-statement-on-uk-s-threat-to-invoke-article-16-of-the-northern-ireland-protocol
And now the most recent Article 16 threat this fall got a quick US House response. Again more pointed in who they are formally reprimanding.
Note that their statements have gotten less diplomatic and more direct with every attempt to escalate. They are also all directed at the UK.
There’s simply too many Irish American swing voters (just voters in general) to ignore. No amount of “we made the economy better with a trade deal,” is going to supersede something as visible as “we allowed the GFA to lapse on our watch.”