Taoiseach 'Hopeful' EU Can Reach Trade Deal with US After Update from Von Der Leyen – 08/07/2025
The Taoiseach has said he remains “hopeful” that the EU can reach a deal with the US on tariffs.Micheál Martin said both sides continue to negotiate the “fine detail” of future arrangements.It comes before a looming Wednesday deadline to make a new deal with the Trump administration, which is piling pressure on trading partners by threatening dramatically increased tariffs from the existing 10% rate.Minister of State for European Affairs & Defence and Meath-East Fianna Fail TD Thomas Byrne spoke to us this morning on The Agenda about this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
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