Wednesday could see the start of a US-EU trade war – how would Ireland be affected?

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Donald Trump in the Oval Office this week when he announced 25 per cent tariffs on foreign-made cars and singled out Ireland’s pharmaceutical industry. Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York Times US president Donald Trump has declared next Wednesday “liberation day” when he will unleash the full onslaught of his latest tariffs, the taxes he plans to impose on imports of goods from other countries. During an Oval Office announcement on Thursday, unveiling plans to set tariffs of 25 per cent on car imports, Trump pledged: “We’re going to take back just some of the money that has been taken from...