Starting in five minutes: the US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland, Mick Mulvaney, is in conversation with Dean Godson at @Policy_Exchange

US Special Envoy to NI Mick Mulvaney tells @Policy_Exchange that while the US is “interested” in the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement, it is a matter for the UK and the EU: what the US is “invested” in is the Good Friday Agreement

Mulvaney: the economic prosperity of NI is key to continued peace and security

Mulvaney: a potential UK-US trade deal is one of “the centrepieces” of US trade and foreign policy at present. But highlights that it will have to get through Congress and in particular the House Ways and Means Committee

Mulvaney: the Trump administration believes in the Good Friday Agreement just as much as Richie Neal. Scepticism of China and support for peace in Ireland are two of the only areas of bipartisan consensus left in DC. “Different tones... same message.”

Mulvaney: the question as to who the US would choose between the UK and Ireland is “a preposterous question.” “You can’t choose between your two best friends”, he says, and the US endeavours to ensure it never has to

Mulvaney reiterates that he does *not* see the conversation on Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement in the US as something that splits alongside partisan lines