Photograph: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ieMinister for Enterprise Peter Burke said US tactics on Greenland were effectively “tearing apart” the EU-US trade deal agreed in July. He claimed Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats were “coercive” and had cast a “shadow” over transatlantic trade, adding yet more “uncertainty” for firms. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mr Burke urged the US to recommit to the EU-US trade deal agreed in Scotland last summer, which applied a 15 per cent tariff to most EU exports to the US. Mr Burke was in Davos to bang the drum for investment in Ireland. On Wednesday, the IDA will host its annual dinner at the Davos forum, a big set-piece event for the agency to highlight Ireland’s investment credentials.

Source: The Irish Times January 21, 2026 12:03 UTC