Meeks, Keating, Blumenauer and Boyle Issue Statement on UK’s Threat to Invoke Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol | US House Foreign-Affairs Committee

“The Northern Ireland Protocol was a significant achievement during the volatile ‘Brexit’ process and its full implementation is critical to ensure ‘Brexit’ doesn’t undermine decades of progress towards peace on the island of Ireland. In threatening to invoke Article 16, the UK threatens not only to destabilise trade relations, but also that hard-earned peace.”