US EditionTrump makes third term remark during event with Irish prime minister
- Trump accused Ireland of attracting US companies with its low 12.5% corporation tax rate, leading to significant revenues for those firms in Ireland.
- During a meeting, Trump claimed that American leaders were 'stupid' for allowing this situation to occur.
- Trump stated the EU has treated the US poorly and threatened to impose tariffs on companies that do business in Ireland as part of his plan to rebalance trade deficits.
- Taoiseach Micheal Martin emphasized the Irish-US relationship as a 'two-way street,' countering Trump's claims.
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Trump blasts Ireland on trade during traditional visit
WASHINGTON: It was perhaps not the welcome Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin had hoped for on an annual US trip to mark Saint Patrick's Day - a dressing down from Donald Trump on trade and tariffs. "We do have a massive deficit with Ireland," the US president said in answer to the very first question he
Trump took ‘huge interest’ in Northern Ireland, deputy First Minister says
Emma Little-Pengelly said there is a ‘two-way flow’ of trade between Northern Ireland and the US US President Donald Trump took “a huge amount of interest in Northern Ireland”, deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly has said. Mr Trump met Ms Little-Pengelly, Communities Minister Gordon Lyons and Assembly Speaker Edwin Poots at an event at the US Capitol on Wednesday. Speaking to the PA news agency after the Friends of Ireland luncheon, Ms Li…
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