Online child safety could prove a major test for EU in battle with Trump
Anyone expecting a social media ban for Irish teenagers will be waiting and it’s not because we are bad parents
Howard Lutnick
Mormon missionary turned tariff hawk: the curious European past of Trump’s trade enforcer
Trade envoy Jamieson Greer spent time working, proselytising and studying across Europe as a young man
Fresh push for US tariff exemptions on whiskey and medtech
US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick in Brussels to talk tariffs with EU trade ministers
US has handed trade advantage to China, Simon Harris says
Taoiseach and Tánaiste highlight ‘amplificaiton of geopolitical and trade risks’ at Dublin event
Simon Harris to meet US secretary of commerce for mooted ‘economic relationship’ talks
Tánaiste will also officially open Ireland’s new embassy to the United States in Washington DC
Trump’s H-1B visa fee prompts emergency guidance from companies
White House moves to clarify $100,000 application fee for visas relied on by tech industry
Is the White House ushering in a new era of ‘patriotic’ capitalism?
In the land of the (supposedly) free markets, government stakes and price controls are met with silence on Wall Street
Trump says Intel has agreed to give US government a 10% stake
US government makes unprecedented investment in struggling chipmaker
Intel shares jump on possible US government investment
Chipmaker’s stock rises 7% after reports Trump administration could take an ownership stake
Trump orders firing of US jobs official after dismal employment report
Latest update showed US economy created only 73,000 jobs last month, with May and June data also revised sharply down
US trading partners rush to sign deals before Donald Trump’s tariffs hit
Canada and Mexico lead diplomatic offensive in Washington as August 1st deadline looms
How the EU’s ‘lopsided’ US trade deal was done
Deal brings certainty to European firms, but at a cost
Trump and Japan reach trade deal with tariff rate set at 15%
Japan to create $550bn fund to invest in the US under deal terms
The EU/US tariff deal: The good, the bad and the potentially ugly for Ireland
What are the key concerns to look out for as the vital transatlantic trade talks come to a head?
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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