Irish economy faces the test of Trump’s protectionism …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
Ireland’s economy has been boosted by a low corporate tax rate.
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Source: AFP
With a general election next week, Ireland and its 5.4 million inhabitants fear finding themselves in the eye of a protectionist storm promised by incoming US president Donald Trump.
Ireland has a budget surplus — a rarity in the European Union — as well as record growth, putting its economy in rude health, despite the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East that have hit its nearest…
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