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Richard Neal: How Northern Ireland affects US-UK relations

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The DUP's Refusal to Accept the Good Friday Agreement

Rishi Sunak's deal with the EU is a nuanced way to free up trade between mainland Britain and Northern Ireland. The key unionist party in Northern Ireland, the Democratic Unionist party, refuses to accept it. Do you believe Joe Biden will go to Belfast and try to convince the DUP that they must accept this deal? I've had a longstanding relationship with them. And even where we might disagree, I think that part of what we want to accomplish here is prodding them to sit in government.

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