‘Be in no doubt’ EU will retaliate to any new US tariffs, Ireland says

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/be-no-doubt-eu-will-retaliate-any-new-us-tariffs-ireland-says-2026-01-18/

21 Comments

  1. Whatever Matin says, the reality is he, his party and his close allies in FG have made us massively dependent on US investments. Perhaps instead of talking the talk, he could start moving us away from such an overreliance on them.

  2. Propagation931 on

    Hmm be new does that include or exclude the recent Tariffs the US just put for the EU’s resistance to his Greenland thing. Is it a going forward if Trump puts more?

  3. trippedonatater on

    They’ll buy stuff from everywhere except the US. The result from Mr. “Art of the Deal”s actions will be the utter destruction of the US economy. This will be really good for China, Brazil, India, etc.

  4. Ireland is in no position to talk after opening their legs for american companies to avoid paying taxes in Europe

  5. Just expel all US diplomats in a coordinated move across all European member states.
    Send a clear message to Trump and his regime that we’re not taking his shit any more.

  6. I’m so glad that the US is the villain in this timeline, and there’s seemingly nothing being done to stop cheeto mussolini from slinging shit everywhere like a toddler. Thanks MAGA, is this what “great” means to ya’ll?

  7. What if they just target republicans/their voters with an equal tariff, then give the money from said tariff to the companies affected by Trumps tariffs. Then only Americans will be affected?

  8. The Irish economy relies on American Multiniational companies. The majority of skilled proffesionals will leave Ireland when the gravy train ends. Unless this is their way to end the housing crisis.

  9. As a Dane i’m thankful for these countries and leaders who realize we’re stronger together, and have common sense.

    I’m sad to see the focus this is taking away from Ukraine though. They need our help.

  10. Good. As an American, I hope they take Trump’s fancy golf place in Europe too. Take everything. We can’t be trusted because half our country voted a demential pedophile as president and our congress wont do anything about it.

    We need our ass whacked.

  11. Due to the “double Irish” system, Ireland actually has the ability to extract extremely large sums from US multinationals should it decide to change its tax code.

  12. As an American, I’ve accepted that we’re pretty much fucked for the rest of my lifetime. It’s easy to destroy things, but it’s much harder to build. As long as US policy and sanity remain in the hands of a few thousand voters in rural America who believe whatever Fox tells them to, there’s no reason to trust us or anything we say or commit to. Abandon us and move on. We’re the bad guys now. I hope it gets better sometime during the lifetime of my kids.

  13. I feel like the USA will hurt more from this while new trade deals and expanding will create new allies while doing it but I also know nothing about anything.

  14. So this article is in error.. while the Irish people are not in favour of Americas new dark phase, our moronic leader (Ireland) is a total whore for international investment and would burn half the country if it got him more time in office or more brown envelopes in his pockets.