Biden: I'm Backing Ireland In Brexit Stand-Off

White House defends Good Friday accord

- Ferghal Blaney

JOE Biden is “unequivocal” in his support for Ireland in the Brexit trade deal stand-off, the White House has said.

The US President is a proud Irish-American and insists the Good Friday Agreement must be upheld as the UK-EU trade dispute deepens.

It comes as Britain unilaterally extended the grace period for checks on goods entering the North from Britain.

Brussels has insisted this is in breach of international law and the post-Brexit trade deal.

EU sources said legal action now seems inevitable unless London scales back.