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On May 7, 2025, Taoiseach Micheál Martin met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels to address escalating trade tensions between the European Union and the United States. The meeting coincided with the European Commission’s announcement of proposed countermeasures in response to recent U.S. tariffs on European imports. The U.S. administration, under President Donald Trump, has imposed …

Tánaiste Simon Harris held a late-night phone conversation with newly appointed US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, during which both parties exchanged views on trade relations between Ireland, the EU, and the United States. The call comes at a time of growing unease over escalating tensions tied to trade and tariffs between the EU and the US. Harris described the conversation …