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Cillian Sherlock

Harris discussed Irish surplus with US critic who got figure wrong – spokesman

Tanaiste Simon Harris (Cillian Sherlock/PA) - (PA Wire)

Ireland’s deputy premier outlined details of the country’s 25 billion euro surplus to the US secretary of commerce, an Irish Government spokesman said, after the key critic within the Trump administration claimed it was 60 billion.

Simon Harris held a late-night call with Howard Lutnick, which the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade described as a “useful opportunity to exchange views”.

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