Joe Biden will put pressure on Boris Johnson to end his bitter post in Northern Ireland

Boris Johnson will receive pressure on Thursday from Joe Biden to cooperate with the EU to end the bitter conflict over a Northern Ireland deal, as post-Brexit talks ended with stoppages and threats.

The U.S. leader, who will meet with his British counterpart in Cornwall ahead of the G7 summit, has “deep” concerns about Northern Ireland and regional peacekeeping, said his national security adviser Jake Sullivan.

Johnson will also receive pressure from European leaders at the summit, as the EU has repeatedly threatened to retaliate with trade sanctions if Britain unilaterally suspends parts. The so-called Northern Ireland Protocol, Which aims to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland.

European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic has said he is confident that “European leaders will raise this issue” at the G7, which begins on Friday. Emmanuel Macron, the French president, is among those who want the EU to take a hard line with Johnson.

Our concern is very deep on the issue of Northern Ireland

Anticipating the diplomatic risk, Johnson Lord David Frost is taking his Brexit minister to the G7 summit in Carbis Bay; Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is the only other UK minister to attend.

Frost and Sefcovic did not fix the line on the operation of the protocol, which in fact imposed a trade restriction on the Irish Sea. At the London lectures on Wednesday. “There was no progress, no breakdown,” Frost said.

Johnson said the EU’s demands for controls on goods moving between Britain and Northern Ireland are very strong and trade is being disrupted.

Before going to Biden’s UK, Sullivan told the BBC that the NI protocol was “critical to the protection of the spirit, promise and future of the Good Friday Agreement”. The 1998 agreement put an end to decades of violent clashes in the region.

Sullivan stressed that the UK and the EU were working to resolve their differences. Johnson said the breach of commitments under the protocol did not mean that the UK / US trade agreement could be jeopardized: “Our concern on the issue of Northern Ireland is very deep.”

Speaking in Cornwall before the summit, Johnson said he was looking for a commitment to support the peace process in Northern Ireland and stressed that he was not “concerned” about the G7-shaded issue.

After talks in London, EU and UK sides confirmed how to deal with a number of issues with Northern Ireland trade organizations, from veterinary checks to pet trips.

Speaking after the talks, Sefcovic he said The EU’s patience was “very, very thin” with the UK hoping to establish the basic parts of the protocol.

Brussels already has open judicial proceedings against Great Britain for extending certain unilateral grace periods (derived from ordinary border controls) under the protocol.

Sefcovic said the EU could take “cross-revenge measures” against Britain, such as introducing tariffs on goods or suspending cooperation in certain sectors if the UK fails to meet its obligations.

“If the UK takes more unilateral action in the coming weeks, the EU will not be ashamed that the UK will comply with its obligations under international law quickly, firmly and firmly,” Sefcovic said.

After the meeting, Frost again denounced the UK’s complaints that “the EU is demanding that the protocol work in a very purist way”.

The lack of progress will put pressure on two months before the end of this month, with temporary exceptions allowing British sausages and other cold meats to enter Northern Ireland.

After the meetings, other bilateral issues were also addressed, such as fishing and civil rights, published by the United Kingdom. his own breakdown about the state of the debates, saying that there has been “some progress towards solutions” in certain limited areas, including the free movement of guide dogs and VAT on second-hand cars.

Additional report by Jim Pickard