Last year, the European Union, of which Ireland is a member, agreed a comprehensive trade deal with the US administration in order to avoid tariffs. This was widely acknowledged as a vital economic “win” for Ireland, not least because the purported tariffs that the American President wished to introduce would have had particularly negative effects for important sectors of the Irish economy, including exports of pharmaceuticals, foods, and alcoholic beverages.
Over the weekend, the American President essentially exploded that trade deal, by pledging to introduce punitive tariffs on seven EU countries plus the United Kingdom unless and until a full deal was done allowing the United States to fully acquire the Danish King’s territory in Greenland.
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