Trade

Insight: These lessons are key to unlocking billions of euro in trade for Irish firms

Ireland has smashed its target of €100 billion worth of trade with Asia by 2025 - two years ahead of schedule

Irish trade with Asia has grown dramatically in recent years. Picture: Giulia Marchi/Bloomberg

It has been a very promising start to 2024 for Ireland Inc, with the announcement that the world’s second largest economy is lifting the ban on Irish beef.

This was the outcome of bi-lateral talks between Li Qiang, the the Chinese Premier, and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at Farmleigh House earlier this month.

With Irish beef exports to China worth almost €40 million in 2019, regaining access to a market with a population of 1.4 billion is ...