While it is easy to dismiss ‘Trump being Trump’ there are clear signs of change internationally
While it is easy to dismiss ‘Trump being Trump’ there are clear signs of change internationallyA bespoke collection of Irish Times journalism exclusively for subscribers featuring previews and the best of the week that was In an executive order on Saturday, Trump applied additional tariffs of 25 per cent to all imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10 per cent tariff on imports from China.
These come into force on Tuesday. In a post on his social media channel, Truth Social, Trump said he had imposed the tariffs “because of the major threat of illegal aliens and deadly drugs killing our citizens, including fentanyl”. The move, following through on a pre-election pledge by the president , appears to end hopes that the Trump administration would take a nuanced approach to international trade policy.Watching England scramble for positives after losing to Ireland will never not be enjoyable LA after the fires: Like driving through a post-nuclear suburbia. The scale of destruction is unfathomableIn his column this weekend, written before the tariffs were imposed, Cliff Taylor looked at Trump’s suggestion that diversity and inclusion policies in air traffic control were partly to blame for the tragic crash in Washington DC. These changes are going to pose questions here for Ireland, as an open economy with big links to the US, and most likely sooner, rather than later.One area of immediate change is Trump giving climate scepticism a turbo boost. Businesses in Ireland and elsewhere are wondering what this shift means for them. “It looks like manna from heaven for the likes of Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary, or the big aircraft leasing companies based here.” Taylor says at a time when Trump is swiftly making changes, the EU is under pressure due to low growth with the European Commission promising in a new competitiveness plan this week to pull back “drastically” on the regulatory and administrative burden facing businesses. Despite Trump’s regulatory push back and his attack on the green agenda, Taylor says it is essential for Ireland to think longer term and develop its own supply of renewable energy. “Surely the climate agenda will survive and, in time, revive internationally.” He says the new government needs fresh thinking on “Ireland’s energy transition and persuading a public that the State has a deliverable strategy,” not least to make it more resilient in the face of weather events like Storm Éowyn. “Trump’s culture wars have just got real. He is changing the agenda. The context for Irish policy is changing too, and strategic thinking is required.”The fires that destroyed the homes of thousands in Los Angeles dominated the news for much of January, Irish Times reporter Keith Duggan visited the famous US city this week and describes the experience as being like driving through a post-nuclear suburbia We are now more than a week removed from the historic Storm Éowyn which ripped through the country, leaving close to a million people on the island of Ireland without power. While most of are now getting back to normal, there are still thousands without power.At least 1,000 Ukrainian men, women and children living in hotels across Ireland have received notifications in recent weeks that they are to be relocated to new accommodation by February. Olya Maryntseva, a community worker who came to Ireland with her two children in 2022, Despite growing noises about the death of working from home, it’s clear many of Ireland’s top companies are sticking to the hybrid working model.. While Ireland had a slightly ropey start, Gerry Thornley reckoned the second half was arguably their best since the World Cup.that we should “ignore the knowing bores” who talk down the victory. “Ireland sucked up everything England had to throw at them, played like drains themselves for most of the first half, and still had enough in hand to beat them out the gate.”We value your views. Please feel free to send comments, feedback or suggestions for topics you would like to see covered toIrish advertising market will expand 7% this year, forecasts CoreDisabled woman gets protection order after alleging she did not eat for four days when husband refused to give her money Irish primary schoolchildren have been taught for generations that spring begins on February 1st, but is that true?
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