US presidential candidate Joe Biden has warned that if the Belfast Accords are undermined, a trade deal between the United States and Britain will not come about. This is the former Vice President’s recent intervention on Ireland and Brexit.
A memo from his campaign released over the weekend outlined the Democratic candidate’s view of Ireland and Ireland-America. In his election, Mr Biden would “support the active engagement of the US to advance the peace process in Northern Ireland” and ensure that “there is no trade deal between the US and UK if the implementation of Brexit jeopardizes the Good Friday Agreement”.
It is Mr Biden’s latest statement on the controversial issue of Brexit and its impact on Northern Ireland. Last month he warned that a Washington-London trade deal – one of the top priorities of Brexit supporters ahead of the 2016 referendum on leaving the EU – would fail if the Belfast deal were undermined.
“We cannot allow the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland to fall victim to Brexit. Any trade agreement between the US and the UK must be made conditional on compliance with the deal and preventing the return of a hard border. Period, ”he said at the time.
This followed a strong warning from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her ways and means to warn committee chairman Richard Neal that Congress would not endorse a trade deal if peace in Northern Ireland were compromised.
Mr. Biden, whose ancestors immigrated to the United States from Mayo and Louth in the mid-19th century, frequently draws attention to his Irish heritage and experience of growing up in an Irish-American Catholic community in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
In his most recent political position on Ireland and Ireland-America, the presidential candidate also vowed to give priority to legislation to create a citizenship roadmap for the 11 million undocumented people in the United States “who have strengthened our country for years.” including thousands of Irish born citizens.
“Joe Biden rejects Donald Trump’s immigration policy and will restore America’s values as an immigrant nation,” the statement said.
Ireland had made efforts to secure E3 visas for Irish citizens, currently only offered to Australian nationals to live and work in the US, but efforts have been stalled in the Senate.
Mr Biden’s campaign highlighted his record on Irish matters during his years in the Senate and as Vice President. “Joe Biden has a long history of supporting the Irish people and peace in Northern Ireland, including promoting human rights and resolutely fighting terrorism,” the statement said.
“One of the 30 million people who claim to be Irish, Joe came from a family who worked hard and dreamed of better lives for their children than the generation that came before them – the essence of the American dream.”
After the US presidential election in just over two weeks, opinion polls show Mr Biden leads Donald Trump nationally and in major swing states that will determine the outcome.
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