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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warns Brexit could scupper transatlantic trade deal
Leading Democrat says her comment is ‘not a threat, it’s a prediction.’
LONDON — There will be no trade deal between the U.K. and U.S. if Brexit tensions between Britain and the EU damage peace in Northern Ireland, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Boris Johnson.
- Emilio Casalicchio
- Politico
The leading Democrat told the Chatham House think tank during a visit to London that her comment was “not a threat, it’s a prediction.”
Pelosi also met Johnson in Downing Street, just days before the prime minister is set to meet U.S. President Joe Biden in the White House.
London and Washington negotiated on a trade deal for about six months, but the talks were thrown into a…