U.S. lawmakers to travel to Europe over N.Ireland worries-Guardian

div classBodysc17zpet90 cdBBJodivpLONDON Reuters – A team of U.S. Congress members will travel to London and other capitals as concerns grow in Washington about the tensions caused by Britains postBrexit standoff with the European Union over Northern Ireland, the Guardian newspaper said.p

pAt least half a dozen representatives from Congress will hold a meetings in Brussels, Dublin, London and Belfast within days, the Guardian said.pdivdivdiv classBodysc17zpet90 cdBBJodiv

pThe delegation will be headed by Richard Neal who chairs the Ways and Means Committee which has powers over trade deals, the newspaper said.p

pLast year U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said there could be no trade deal between the United States and Britain if the Northern Ireland peace agreement was destroyed.p

pSenior British politicians want to overhaul the agreement on trade between Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom that they signed up to in order to get Brexit done. They have warned they might have to take unilateral action.p

pEuropean Commission vicepresident Maros Sefcovic said on Thursday that the possibility of Britain acting unilaterally was “of serious concern” and any move to scrap the agreement would be “unacceptable”. p

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pp Writing by William Schomberg editing by William Jamesp

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