Companies operating in Ireland need to “hold the nerve” in the face of threatened US tariffs, the Taoiseach has told a major conference in Texas.
Micheál Martin has said he will tell President Donald Trump that there is a “two-way street” of investment between the US and Ireland when they meet later this week.
Amid heightened concern that the president’s protectionist approach to tariffs and tax could pose a significant risk to an Irish economy that is in large part sustained by long-standing investment by US multinational, Mr Martin will also seek to promote the virtues of the US-Ireland relationship which he said “is a bit more complex than gets presented…