Search for new markets for Irish goods ‘must go on’, says deputy premier Harris

Search for new markets for Irish goods ‘must go on’, says deputy premier Harris

Ireland’s premier and deputy premier have welcomed a pause on higher tariffs from both the US and EU sides.

Harris flies into 'fluid' situation in US but says tariff pause provides 'space for negotiation'

An Tánaiste said the trip was ‘timely’ as it coincided with Trump’s tariff pause yesterday evening.

Manuel Caldeira Cabral, former Minister of Economy, affirms that the European Union (EU) has responded “adequately” to the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump. Even so, the former minister argues that the community block “must start looking at other markets”, such as Indonesia and India, signing agreements, for example, with Mercosur.

Trump tariff U-turn doesn't negate 'great risk' to Irish economy

Simon Harris has said he wasn’t ‘terribly surprised’ by Donald Trump’s dramatic tariff U-turn, adding: ‘Every meeting I was in, in the US, I was hearing more and more of the word “negotiation”.’ The Tánaiste made the remarks as he came back from a whistlestop visit to Washington DC this week where he met with US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick. Mr Harris said: ‘It was clear the turmoil being seen on both the stock market and the bond market, a…