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Maros Sefcovic to travel to Washington on Sunday, EU Spox has just said on RTE

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Eu pharma firms warn of "risk of exodus" from EU, with R&D first in line according to survey by EU pharma association. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Fear and trepidation in Ringaskiddy Cork over threat of pharma tariffs. "it would be like a bomb doing off. This place woud be blown to pieces" says one local. They want VDL/Sefcovic to visit. Why not? Barnier went to Cavan during brexit. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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Some things in Dublin never change. The Barge.

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Interesting: The Tesla attacks that never happened, but were generated by Maga supporters using AI. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/tesla-rage...

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EU officials have denounced the indiscriminate nature of tariffs Trump imposed on some of the world’s poorest countries as a “deplorable move”. They say punishing countries for selling coffee and bananas to US, product US do not make, is unfathomable. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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NEW: Ireland is not out of the woods on pharma. Here's what Eu officials are saying - they fear and suspect pharma tariffs are only a matter of time. Here's my post from earlier. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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Trump tariffs could undermine Brexit deal in Northern Ireland Former EU commissioner rations whether Trump “thought it through” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Fashion businesses seeing stocks drop including Nike and Luluemon. Trump tariffs on Vietnam and India will impact all those that source cheap fabric in Asia. Trump imposing the tariffs despite the support of LVMH boss Bernault Arnault who attending Trump inauguration .

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Ursula von der Leyen will make statement at 5am CET tomorrow. She is currently in Uzbekistan at summit.

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The EU will not now be releasing a statement tonight. European Commission presidnet Ursula von der Leyen will react to the US plans to impose tariffs of 20% on all exports from the bloc "very early tomorrow" .

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Market reaction - stocks down in companies from Lululemon (presumably on tariffs on fabric from Asia) to chip and car companies all down

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Trump says tariffs will result in 6trn dollars of investment This chimes with figures one of his administration, adviser Peter Navarro claimed the US would be collecting from tariffs over weekend edition.cnn.com/2025/03/31/e...

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Trump claims victory reeling off list of cmpanies now sitting up to pay attention and opening in US, including Apple (which had decided on its investment before this). And pharma ... (his first mention) Johnson and Johnson, Ely Lilly, Merck (all in Ireland), Stellantis (EU)

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"This is kind reciprocal". "My answer is simple if yoiu want it zero you build your plant here in the US:"

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More tariffs visible now - Cambodia, Israel, South Africa all in the mix

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Trump unveils his taxes 20% on Eu imports China 34% Japan 24% UK gets away with 10%

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Trump mentions non tariff barriers multiple times. Describes them as "cheating" - on food they include such things as different welfare of animals standards (Brexit flowing back to me.0

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Trump traces US problems back to 1913 when tariffs system was replaced by inc tax "for reasons unknown to mankind, they established the income tax so that citizens rather than foreign countries would start paying the money necessary to run our government. Then in 1929 it all came to a v abrupt end"

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EU going to get it too Trump cites non tariff barriers for US poultry (remember hormone treated beef and chlorinated chicken) . Trump says he'll be imposing tariff at midnight tonight on EU... something (presume poultry)

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Canada about to get blow Trump cites 250% tariff on some dairy products...

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Trump: First tariff announced 25% on all foreign made automobiles Cites imbalance in tariffs US v RoW on motorcycles US - 2.4 or 2.5% Vietnam charges 75% on US India 70% Thailand 60%, he says. Also cites Japan and S Korea as having majority homemade autos but "won't" let US in.

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Apparently DC insiders given Doge until summer - Anthony Scaramucci was talking about it on his podcast couple of weeks ago saying some had given it only 30 days but he thought summer.

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" It’s been dubbed Liberation day by president Trump, but it’s more like entrapment day, " European pharma stocks down as Europe on tenterhooks for Trump's big reveal in two hours time. www.theguardian.com/business/liv...

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NEW: EU giving away 36,000 free train tickets for 18 year olds to travel around the bloc this summer over a month. Aim is to help EU citizens get to know other countries in the bloc. Details here. Applications can be made from today until 16 April. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

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The train ticket giveaway for 18 year old will allow them travel around Europe for one month for free. I imagine many in the UK who have EU citizenship may be tempted. Details here: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

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Ursula von der Leyen is today in Uzbekistan and will be there until Friday - to attend first ever EU central Asia summit on Friday. Her absence a sign that there won't be knee jerk reaction to Trump tariffs from Brussels but also that Sefcovic handling the trade war.

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Ireland's deputy PM Simon Harris has had call with Maros Sefcovic this morning on tariff crisis. Curiously they agreed to "to keep in close contact in the coming hours and days". Ireland on tenterhooks over potential for tariffs on pharma and on tech revenues made by US companies, based in Irl.

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Japan, stinking fish, Chevrolets and US tariffs. And why Eu might be the safe haven for investors. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Might be of interest to law graduates - fully funded Eu law PhDs going in Dublin

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Lovely piece on renaming of overground lines by @jim.londoncentric.media . Among the names that didn't make the grade were the Galtymore to Willesdon/Kilburn area, which used to be known as the 33rd country of Ireland. Galtymore is a mountain in Ireland. www.londoncentric.media/p/the-reject...

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Simon Harris, Ireland's foreign and trade minister, had call with Howard Lutnick last night after the US commerce secretary vowed to end, what he termed Ireland's "tax scam". Harris had "exchange" of views and told Lutnick he looked foward to working with him. Ireland "values" the US trade reltnshp

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Ireland in cross hairs again after Lutnick talked about his favourite "tax scam" country that he is going to target. Finance minister Paschal Donohoe warns US trade war with Europe could cost up to 80,000 jobs - thats nearly half the 200,000 workforce in the multinational sector.

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German national begs and begs Met Police to delete phantom criminal record that was racked up after his ID was stole on short trip to London in 2019. He has not been in UK since but his ID was used by criminal. Court in Wood Green alerted to it four years ago. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Shobsy. Remember the name. Amazing gig tonight in Dublin’s Whelans, the incubator for so much Irish talent

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LA based Irish star Fionnula Flanagan stars in a new movie, Four Mothers, without speaking a word. It's tender and sweet comedy and Flanagan is brilliant. I caught up with her in Dublin where she tells me how nervous LA is of a new McCarthyism. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...

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Conor McGregor appeal directions hearing over. New hearing on 2 May but still not determined whether he can appeal the civil sexual assault case in Dublin.

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don't know who is advising Conor McGregor but this is what they are telling him...

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Anyone who though Netflix Adolescence was brilliant acted and on point, tune into Newsnight. It’s discussing toxic influences on young boys … with young men talking about influences in school

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Synge Street, one of Ireland's most famous inner city schools, to turn into an Irish language taught school despite staff concerns. What about pupils? and their parents? Some from some of the city's poorest backgrounds. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...?

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Tesla investor calls on Musk to quit DOGE or Tesla. Tells Sky News this is first time he has said it but it needs to be said . news.sky.com/story/its-a-...

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NEW: A court case to establish whether Ireland has a secret deal with the British to defend its airspace can proceed, the court of appeal has ruled. The case was brought by Irish senator Gerard Craughwell, but Irish govt went to the court of appeal in a bid to stop it proceeding

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Why was Conor McGregor invited to the White House? www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

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