Nancy Pelosi threatens to block trade deal with Britain over Northern Ireland Protocol plans

The US Congress will not support a free trade agreement with the UK if the Government persists with ‘deeply concerning’ plans to ‘unilaterally discard’ the Northern Ireland Protocol, House speaker Nancy Pelosi has said (Oliver Contreras/PA)

The US Congress will not support a free trade agreement with Britain if the British government persists with “deeply concerning” plans to “unilaterally discard” the Northern Ireland Protocol, House speaker Nancy Pelosi has said.

In a strongly-worded intervention, Ms Pelosi urged Britain and the EU to continue negotiations on the Northern Ireland Protocol to uphold peace in the region.