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The EU would respond firmly to any trading partner that unfairly or arbitrarily imposes tariffs on EU goods,
Ireland is at the centre of the European Union and any imposition of tariffs on the EU would create significant challenges,
Obviously, that is going to leave the Irish economy a little exposed, as per the whole EU,
Tariff increases right across the world can have a really damaging impact on global growth and trade, so I don’t think it’s what anybody wants to see.”
This will be the golden age of America!
In response to a Wall Street Journal editorial calling his tariffs ‘the dumbest trade war in history’, Mr Trump posted on his Truth Social platform What I want to see is strong trading relations
If we play our cards right my view is the UK can do what it’s always done, prosper on the back of trading relationships around the world
You should be paying for access to American markets."
It's a very mercantilist viewpoint that says The imposition of tariffs at each stage of fabrication would be disastrous,
The intellectual basis for the kind of advocacy of tariffs comes from arguments on the US side about large US deficits in manufactured goods, which obviously the US has with China and with the EU. We don’t have that between the US and the UK,
We want to reduce the barriers to trade, make it easier for businesses,
We are engaging at all levels, trying to convince the Trump administration that in the end, imposing tariffs on the European Union would trigger retaliatory tariffs from our side and this would be, in the end, a total lose lose situation.”
We have absolutely no interest in starting any kind of trade conflict,
Am I going to impose tariffs on the European Union? Do you want the truthful answer or should I give you a political answer? Absolutely, absolutely. The European Union has treated us so terribly."
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