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TÁNAISTE SIMON HARRIS has spoken to US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick to “exchange views” with each other.
Lutnick, a vocal critic of Ireland’s trade imbalance with the US, has previously described Ireland has his favourite “tax scam”. It comes as the Trump administration plans to impose major tariffs on the EU next month.
Harris, who is also Minister for Trade and Defence, held the call late last night and welcomed further conversations in the future. He added that Ireland “greatly” values the economic links between the country and the US, and the EU and the States.
The Irish Government believes it is highly likely that US President Donald Trump will proceed with further tariffs on the EU on 2 April. Finance minister Paschal Donohoe has said last week that those taxes may result in the loss of 80,000 new and existing jobs.
A package of targeted tariffs has been delayed by the EU until mid-April and is expected to squeeze specific sectors that will pressure allies and supporters of US President Donald Trump to overturn the looming trade war.
There is a growing concern, however, that the package - the same measures issued in 2018 and 2020 by the EU – are outdated and need to be more strategic in what, and who, they target.
In an interview with The Journal last week, the Tánaiste said he welcomed the fact that there “is an openness now” to looking at the list of retaliatory tariffs proposed by the EU. He said the European Commission is open to discuss the issue.
He went on to state that any countermoves should always be strategic. The Tánaiste’s phone call with Lutnick is the first time he has spoken to his American counterpart, who said he would “fix” Ireland’s trade and tax imbalance before taking up his role.
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Can never understand people who are willing to pay slightly more for peroni. It is definitely not a superior beer, is bland and hails from a region far from renowned for their brewing skills. so why fall for the marketing and the fancy tap?
It’s a good bottle of beer, better than others on offer in most pubs. On tap it’s rubbish.
Not a huge fan of Nastro Azzuro myself but Peroni red label is a class beer. Would be my number 1, followed by Starapramen and Budvar.
I love peroni. Lovely rich smooth taste and I don’t seem to have as bad a hangover the next day for some reason. There are some places where it’s on a par, price wise, with hinekan, bud etc
But still worth paying a bit extra for? I’m not convinced.
All these so called “premium beers” are often just the standard lagers in their own country. I have some Italian friends and they say peroni is one of the cheaper lagers in Italy.
Roland. Try morretti especiale. Blows the nastro out of the water. Fantastic beer
That’s completely true David. Seem to have a lot more red thumbs than expected. I can find no reason why it would be priced above Heineken or carlsberg. Or even carling/fosters for that matter. It’s pretty much the same style beer using similar techniques for mass production. It doesn’t use any special ingredients, maybe perhaps a bit more alcohol content but this shouldn’t be enough for the price hike. Perhaps I’ve turned into a beer nerd over the past years with my preference for German Weiss and local craft beers but even these compare in price more favourably than peroni and these are definitely far superior. I guess tastes vary so people will have their own opinion. I for one won’t fall for the marketing. Well at least not that marketing
Peroni is a far a nicer beer than the usual shite we get over here, like the bud and Heineken crap.
A few great beers ive come across in the last yr or so. St. Mels are lovely and so are mc graths. Very good craft beers
Beer….. My one weakness.
The cause of and solution to all of life’s problems.
Bottle of Grolsch = a thing of beauty.
Italian beer……… hahaha haha. :-/
Thy make great pizza them Italians but don’t know about there beer tho
Red Peroni = no hangover.
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