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So this might be an odd place to start an economic story, but I'm on a harbour overlooking the

Irish Sea in Kilkeel, Northern Ireland. It's been a month since US President Joe Biden said

that American investors were ready to triple the $2 billion already invested there. So I'm here

to explore those US Northern Ireland economic links because, fun fact, the US is already the biggest

inward investor in the region. Is Biden right? If Northern Ireland plays its economic cards right,

could more investment be on the way? To answer that question, let's first look at the inward

investment that's already here. Northern Ireland has some big operations like city and all state,

both of which are located in the capital Belfast,

but some US companies are based as rural as where I am, Kilkeel.

So my first stop today is Collins Aerospace.

So I'm Stuart McKee, I'm Senior Director of Operations of Collins Airspace.

So this is the main assembly shop floor.

Collins Airspace in Kilkeel had been manufacturing aircraft seats here for about 56 years.

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