(NAFB) – Prospects for U.S., UK trade talks may have gotten a boost at the recent G-7 summit in England, though an American Farm Bureau official suggests there’s a long road ahead to advance a deal.

AFB trade advisor Dave Salmonsen says the important thing is that U.S. President Joe Biden and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a chance to talk face-to-face, not just on bilateral issues, but all those impacting a possible U.S.-UK deal.

With Biden and many lawmakers here insisting nothing be done to upset the Good Friday Peace Agreement, like a ‘hard’ north-south border, amid remaining post-Brexit disputes on fishing and meat trade.

But Salmonsen argues there’s still room to move ahead.

Salmonsen says the U.S. administration wants a “working trade relationship” between London and Brussels before the U.S. is willing to enter trade talks with the UK.