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Lucinda Creighton: Joe Biden has embraced the worst of Trump’s economic policies

The US president has been around long enough to know that shutting off America from the rest of the world will not save American jobs, so why is he doing it?

Irish trade with Russia holding up despite sanctions imposed by EU

Irish exports for 2022 to Russia were largely the same as the previous year, while imports from Russia for 2022 fell by a third

Frances Fitzgerald: The EU’s relationship with the US must not be based on fear

The European Union’s reaction to President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act could lead to further trade barriers across the Atlantic

Multinationals drove 23 per cent growth of Irish exports to Arab countries

A report from the Irish Arab Chamber of Commerce shows a significant rise in trade to the region worth €2.2 billion in 2022

International Relations

Dan O’Brien: Ireland must be prepared to choose sides in the new cold war

Excessive trade and investment dependency on China poses high and escalating risks, and Irish government policy needs to change to reflect this

Supreme Court rules ratification of EU-Canada trade deal unconstitutional

The court also ruled 6-1 that amending the Arbitration Act 2010 could allow the Ceta trade deal to be ratified without a referendum following a challenge by government TD Patrick Costello

Climate & Environment

Lucinda Creighton: Thunberg’s fictional claims must be exposed by those who know the truth

The ‘capitalist system’ attacked by the climate activist has in fact improved the lives of people globally beyond recognition – and the developing world has benefited the most

Trade with Britain and Northern Ireland climbs despite Brexit

State exported €17.5 billion worth of goods exports in June, including €6.4 billion of medical and pharmaceutical products

‘Unprecedented opportunities’ for Irish firms to thrive in Nigeria, ambassador says

African nation keen to address ‘lopsided’ trading relationship, where Irish exports to Nigeria in 2020 were worth $342m while imports totalled just $12m

The Big Picture

Vincent Boland: Big Mac peace theory bites the dust as more countries lose appetite for free trade

Once an article of faith for the great capitalist nations, free trade is becoming increasingly unpopular as countries turn to protectionism, something that will make us all poorer in the long run

Cargo volumes almost back to record levels of 2019, Dublin Port boss says

Eamonn O’Reilly said that cargo volumes are now just 1.7 per cent behind the landmark 38 million tons which passed through the port three years ago

Business Post's View

Editorial: The world’s nations must work together to solve these huge problems

Few solutions for a fragmenting world were offered in Davos last week, at a time when they are needed more than ever

Brian Keegan: Would age-specific taxation help to halt Ireland’s brain drain?

As a country, we consistently ask the wrong questions about our industrial and investment policy

Trading carefully: As the world cuts ties with Russia, should Ireland be taking a firmer line with other rogue nations?

The government acted swiftly and forcefully after Russia invaded Ukraine, but Ireland continues to develop trade links with countries like Saudi Arabia and China, which stand accused of grave human rights abuses. Experts say it’s time we started to question this approach, but any change would have major economic consequences

Exports hit record high of €165 billion in 2021

Trade between the Republic and Northern Ireland also dramatically increased in the year since Brexit

Dan O’Brien: Era of big government and unbridled borrowing may be coming to an end

The pandemic emergency necessitated heavy state intervention, but as it recedes and inflation climbs, it’s time to take the foot off the pedal

Dan O’Brien: A declining and dysfunctional US is not in Ireland’s interests

The recent chaotic withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan and the continuing polarisation of the American hard right and illiberal left means we can no longer take our impressive economic relationship with that country for granted

Lucinda Creighton: The tariff war is over for now, but the road ahead for EU and US trade looks bumpy

Joe Biden may not believe in America First, but his nationalistic approach to trade is clear to see

Exporters warn of manufacturing crisis due to Covid travel restrictions

Irish Exporters Association wants a national strategy for air cargo as supply problems threaten international trade

Irish supply chain firm to open a European base after revenues double

Corkman Alan Coughlan’s Lansil Global eyes expansion after opening its first facility in China in 2015