Trump tariff threat causing ‘paralysis and uncertainty’ in big employers, says Kildare chamber chief

European Union next on US president’s trade tax hit list as 10pc rate is imposed on Chinese exports and Canada and Mexico have close shavesFear among companies is ‘making decisions very difficult’, says Sinéad Ronan

US president Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

Fearghal O’Connor and Sean Pollock

There is a “palpable sense of uncertainty” and “paralysis” among some of Ireland’s biggest employers with US president Donald Trump set to hit Europe next with trade tariffs.

Members of one of the country’s biggest and most influential business bodies, which represents major multinational and indigenous firms, are extremely nervous about the threat to the global trade…

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