Martin sought to highlight the economic links between the countries and how Ireland has helped add value to US corporations, ...

Trump also said that if he drained Ireland of all the US companies "maybe I'd lose the Irish vote". "We don't want to do anything to hurt Ireland, but we do want fairness and [Martin] understands ...

Dubbed the “Shannon Free Trade Zone,” corporations were allowed to avoid taxes by building in Ireland and hiring local workers. The country also created a business environment marked by low ...

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Donald Trump has criticised Ireland for using its tax policies to lure away US companies, as he threatened to escalate his trade war with the EU. Speaking in the Oval Office next to the Irish ...

US President Donald Trump's measures on US pharmaceutical companies operating in Ireland remains "somewhat uncertain", Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said. Mr Martin is continuing his St Patrick's ...

Trump told Martin he would have allowed pharmaceutical companies to relocate to Ireland from the United States but would have imposed a steep tariff on the firms' products. "If you want to go to ...

CANADA ANNOUNCES $21B IN NEW US TARIFFS AS TRADE WAR ESCALATES American pharmaceutical companies started migrating to Ireland in the early 2000s after U.S. production peaked in 2006 ahead of the ...

On that occasion he said: "All of a sudden Ireland has our pharmaceutical companies, this beautiful island of five million people has got the entire US pharmaceutical industry in its grasp." ...

Proposed US tariffs on pharmaceutical exports will damage the economic prospects of US companies in Ireland, the Taoiseach has warned. Micheál Martin said consumers will have to pay more for ...

Donald Trump’s election has increased the risk of a transatlantic trade shock but is not likely to encourage US companies to leave Ireland, the Taoiseach has said. Simon Harris insisted his ...