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Rebecca Black

Irish Foreign Affairs Minister brands US tariffs plan ‘completely unacceptable’

Irish Foreign Affairs minister Helen McEntee (Liam McBurney/PA) - (PA Wire)

Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister has slammed a tariffs threat by US President Donald Trump amid talks over the future of Greenland as “completely unacceptable”.

The US president said the UK will be charged a 10% tariff “on any and all goods” sent to the US from February 1, increased to 25% from June 1, until a deal is reached for Washington to purchase Greenland from Denmark.

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