Biden held a meeting with the UK Prime Minister.
The US President says he doesn't want to see a change to the Northern Ireland Protocol which would lead to a hard-border in Ireland.
Joe Biden had a meeting with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the White House yesterday, with Brexit and the North one of the topics for discussion.
The US President said a lot of the country's time and effort has gone into keeping peace in Northern Ireland.
Speaking in the Oval Office, both leaders agreed they don't want anything to happen which could affect the Good Friday Agreement
When asked by Sky's @BethRigby about concerns over the Northern Ireland Protocol, US President Joe Biden says he feels "very strongly" that he does not want a change to the "Irish accords" resulting in "a closed border".
— Sky News (@SkyNews) September 21, 2021
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A senior UK Minister has said he isn't sure the US President fully appreciates how complicated the issue of the Northern Ireland Protocol is.
The UK's Environment Minister George Eustice says Mr Biden's been reading headlines
"He’s wrong."
— Kay Burley (@KayBurley) September 22, 2021
The extraordinarily blunt view of the Environment Sec on comments made by @JoeBiden on the Northern Ireland protocol. 👇 RC#KayBurley pic.twitter.com/gwrAg323nd
Those comments have been described as 'unhelpful'.
Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool, Jon Tonge, says the remarks would have caused some damage to UK-US relations
Washington isn't the decision-maker when it comes to the future of the Northern Ireland Protocol, according to the DUP.
Former DUP leader Edwin Poots believes the protocol undermines the Good Friday Agreement
However, Sinn Fein MLAs are welcoming Joe Biden's latest warning to Boris Johnson about risking peace in Northern Ireland, by tampering with the protocol.
Conor Murphy says the UK leader needs to listen if he wants to strike a trade deal with the US
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