Washington – Irish Taiazech Michal Martin said he hoped that the dialogue could resolve the trade war between the US and the European Union after President Trump threatened on Thursday App on European wines and alcohols.
Tariffs were the response to the European Union The nasty tariffs against the original Mr. Trump steel and aluminum hiking.
“I think it's a lot of uncertainty at the moment,” Martin said in an interview with CBS News on Thursday. “Overall, tariffs are harmful to trade, harms business, but also harm consumers because they will increase consumer prices. I don't think it is good, yes, we hope that at a time when these things will calm down and that there will be negotiations to come to the land area.”
Martin said that Mr. Trump “is very aware of the surplus of goods with Ireland, especially through a pharmaceutical issue.”
“But if you put the services in the mixture, of course, Ireland is in short supply,” he said.
Martin described the US and Ireland's economic relations as a “bilateral street” and advertised its country's investment in the US, including more than 700 Irish companies, which, he said, were responsible for creating more than 50,000 jobs in the United States Martin, also emphasized that the Irish airline Ryanair has recently placed the order.
Last year, when another Irish company Aercap 150 Boeing planes was added last year, Irish companies were “Boeing's largest buyer outside the United States,” he said.
“In the absolute worst scenario, say, by 25% increase throughout the tariffs, which on both sides-” Boeing 787 “, the price will increase by $ 40 million,” Aercap Angus Kelly CEO said on Wednesday. “Nobody wants to pay it.”
Kelly said European companies are likely to buy aircraft manufactured by Airbus, which is a European company when Mr. Trump's tariffs are applied.
Asked about His meetings With the President on Wednesday, Martin called them “positive meetings”, which noted “historical ties between the two countries”. He called Mr. Trump a “eloquent master” who has “commitment to Ireland.”
“He likes Ireland. He has an investment in Ireland,” he said, adding that Mr. Trump, New York, showed that he had “a lot of experience with Irish-American.”
