Joe Biden Could Publicly Rebuke Britain at G7 Summit Over Ireland Tensions

Joe Biden Could Publicly Rebuke Britain at G7 Summit Over Ireland Tensions

President Joe Biden told U.S. officials to rebuke the U.K. for "inflaming" tensions in Ireland and Europe amid a battle over post-Brexit customs checks in Northern Ireland.

The U.S. Charge d'Affaires Yael Lempert told U.K. minister Lord Frost that the Biden administration was "increasingly concerned" about the customs checks stand-off, The Times reported Thursday.

She also urged the U.K. government to reach a "settlement" with the European Union over chilled meats entering Northern Ireland, adding that Biden planned to publicly raise the issue at the G7 summit in Cornwall.