Biden-Johnson was undermined by “deep concerns” about Northern Ireland in the talks

Joe Biden will meet Boris Johnson on Thursday in hopes of the US-UK ‘Atlantic Charter’ Washington’s “deep” concerns have been weakened by the post-Brexit situation in Northern Ireland.

Biden’s anxiety was conveyed directly to London this month by Britain’s oldest British diplomat, who warned the UK to stop igniting tensions in Northern Ireland. new brexit trade rules.

It has been reported that Yael Lempert issued a diplomatic order asking Britain to make “non-popular commitments” if necessary to alleviate tensions over the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol.

Downing Street has not commented, but the incident has confirmed that the NI queue is reaching the G7 summit in Cornwall on Friday and is damaging relations with Britain’s main economic partners and allies.

The EU threatens trade sanctions if Johnson unilaterally breaks its promises about Northern Ireland, and the host of the G7 summit will have awkward meetings with French, German, Italian and EU leaders in the coming days.

According to a note from the UK government Seen by the Times, Lempert told Brexit Minister Lord David Frost on 3 June that the UK was “sparking” tensions in Ireland and Europe over its rhetoric about certain controls on NI ports in Ireland and Europe.

The note said the US had “strongly” called on Britain to reach a “negotiated agreement”, even though this had led to “unusual commitments”. The UK note on the meeting said Lempert had asked Britain to keep things “fresh”, suggesting that Britain was “turning on rhetoric”.

He added: “Lempert said the US was increasingly concerned about the halt to the implementation of the protocol. This undermined the confidence of our two main allies.”

The revelation of the meeting reaffirmed Biden’s anxiety about the UK / EU stalemate over the Northern Ireland border issue. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the president has “deep” concerns about the future of the region’s peace process.

A senior government official told the Financial Times that the US had expressed concerns about Northern Ireland with the UK in a private message ahead of the summit. But the official said the debate has not been directed by the president and “has not intensified.”

Frost and Maros Sefcovic, Vice-President of the European Commission, failed on Wednesday resolving the line of operation of the Protocol, which in fact establishes a trade restriction on the Irish Sea. “There was no progress, no breakdown,” Frost said.

Johnson said the EU’s demands for control of goods moving between Britain and Northern Ireland were too arduous and would disrupt trade and spark tensions in the UK’s unionist community.

Prior to Johnson’s interviews with Biden, the problem is a big mess in Johnson. The two leaders will sign a new ‘Atlantic Charter’ – a US-UK war-time partnership and a 1941 letter signed by Churchill and Roosevelt that mapped a new world order.

In the background, the new document, which will be signed in Cornwall with the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince Wales, will pledge to defend democracy and free trade – with the subtitle of a common front against authoritarian regimes in Beijing and Moscow.

After arriving in Britain on Wednesday evening, Biden told the U.S. military he saw the G7 summit and next week’s NATO summit as a critical moment for America to reaffirm its leadership after Trump’s years.

Biden, who will also meet Vladimir Putin next week, said after arriving at the RAF Mildenhall air base: “At every point along the way, we will make it clear that the United States has retreated and the world’s democracies stand. to do. ”