Boris Johnson warned Brexit trade hopes 'at risk' if 'unimpressed' Joe Biden elected
BORIS JOHNSON could see his hopes for a post-Brexit trade deal with the US collapse should former vice-president Joe Biden win the 2020 Presidential Election in November.
Brexit: Expert on 'risks' Joe Biden poses towards US trade deal
Boris Johnson has been hoping to secure a stronger and more comprehensive trade deal with the United States once the UK secures full negotiating independence from the European Union after Brexit. But the Prime Minister has been warned a Joe Biden victory at the polls in November could threaten his plans as Democrats remain "unimpressed" with Mr Johnson's leadership record. Former UK Ambassador to the US Lord Darroch issued the warning as he spoke to Channel 4 News.
Asked whether a Democrat victory could influence chances of a trade deal, the former diplomat said: "It could, it could.
"I think Joe Biden is an anglophile but I think a UK-US trade deal may not be the priority it would be if it's a second Trump term.
"I think he has priorities like joining the Trans-Pacific Trade Deal or maybe even resurrecting the trade deal with the EU."
Lord Darroch suggested some of the comments the Prime Minister made in the past could play a role in Mr Biden's agenda setting.
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He continued: "He will have in his administration, in his White House, some of the Obama team.
"The Obama team weren't much impressed by some of the things the Prime Minister, before he was Prime Minister, said about Obama.
"So I think there are some risks there for Boris."
Mr Johnson came under fire in 2016 after suggesting President Obama's "part-Kenyan" heritage resulted in a "ancestral dislike of the British empire".
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The Prime Minister made the comment in a column in which he claimed the US President had allegedly ordered the removal of a bust of Winston Churchill from the White House.
The White House had already in 2012 dismissed the claim as "100 percent false" but later confirmed one bust of Churchill had been removed while another had been put in the President's private residence.
Mr Johnson's scathing column came days after Mr Obama expressed his opposition to Brexit.
But Obama allies would only add to the opposition the Prime Minister would already face from Congress should the Good Friday Agreement be jeopardised during the Brexit negotiations.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned the UK Government legislators in the US would not give their approval for a new US-UK trad deal should peace on the island of Ireland come under threat.
The warning came after Mr Johnson tabled the Internal Market Bill which international politicians have warned would violate the Northern Ireland protocol contained in the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.
The Government insisted the legislation would ensure the smooth passage of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the event of a no deal Brexit.