Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Helen McEntee who, with other EU trade ministers is meeting US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick on Monday. Ireland will be asking the Trump administration to lift trade tariffs on whiskey, medical devices and certain agricultural products, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Helen McEntee has said. Goods on the EU’s wish list include pasta, cheese, wines, whiskey and olive oil. Speaking before the meeting on Monday, Ms McEntee said the Government would be pushing for key Irish industries to benefit from any possible tariff cut. The discussion will take place over lunch, where the two sides will also cover steeper 50 per cent tariffs on steel imports, and their approach to China.
