BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Joe Kennedy III arrived in Northern Ireland alongside President Biden, stepping off Air Force One and being introduced to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain. As a former Democratic congressman from Massachusetts and a member of the famous Irish American political family, Kennedy is taking on the role of special envoy to Northern Ireland for economic affairs. However, the deeply rooted sectarian divides in Northern Ireland’s politics may complicate his mission to drum up American investment in the region. Additionally, Kennedy’s job title limits his ability to weigh in on the impasse caused by the collapse of the territory’s power-sharing government in a dispute over post-Brexit trade rules.
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