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Latest chapter in turbulent decade for trade
Phelim O'Neill
The knock-on effect of Trump tariffs will be a push by the EU to further diversify trade - and that means trade deals.
7 March 2025 News
US farmers in front line of tariff battles
Countries targeted for US import tariffs are major export markets for US agricultural produce.
26 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Farm union rules out disruptive tax protest
Peter McCann reports from the NFU annual conference held in London on Tuesday.
Gerry Boyle: tariffs a flawed legacy from a distant time
Trump’s gripe is that too many countries are running trade surpluses with the US, and as he thinks this is a bad thing, he wants to translate these surpluses into deficits.
26 February 2025 Viewpoints
Tillage farmers hit out at grain import volume
Farmers had the chance to speak to Minister of Agriculture Martin Heydon at the Irish Grain Growers Group AGM on Friday.
19 February 2025 News
Editorial: silent boom of the beef market
We do have to recognise the muscle of the beef superpowers when they put their minds to exporting.
22 January 2025 Viewpoints
Trump trade fears may be overstated
Ireland remains very well placed in its main export markets.
22 January 2025 News
Dempsey at Large: Oxford Farming Conference report
His address was alarmingly short on specifics, and dealt almost entirely in generalisations.
15 January 2025 Viewpoints
Game changer in UK-US trade negotiation
If the US dropped the demand for hormone fed beef access, a trade deal with the UK could be negotiated quite quickly in 2025.
20 December 2024 News
More pork access for Paraguay in Mercosur deal
The recent Mercosur deal was not a full renegotiation, rather a tightening of environmental issues that were frustrating ratification in the EU.
18 December 2024 News
Mercosur ‘not a cars-for-beef swap’
The Commission's line is that EU dairy stands to gain from a trade deal with Mercosur.
18 December 2024 News
Tories vow to scrap inheritance tax plan
Shadow Farming Minister Robbie Moore speaks to Peter McCann about inheritance tax and farm policy changes since Brexit.
18 December 2024 Northern Ireland