Joe Biden says Brexit deal can bring ‘significant’ US investment to Northern Ireland
US president calls for return of powersharing – as his advisers reject DUP’s ‘anti-British’ claims
Joe Biden has praised Rishi Sunak’s post-Brexit deal with the EU and said it could bring “significant” US investment into Northern Ireland.
The US president backed the Windsor framework compromise aimed at ending the protocol row, as he shared his hopes that Northern Irish parties will return to powersharing arrangements “soon”.
Mr Biden was careful not to mention the DUP’s refusal to return to Stormont during his speech in Belfast on Wednesday – but insisted that getting stable, devolved government up and running could deliver an economic windfall for the region.
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