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Jonathan McCambridge

Michelle O’Neill ‘deeply concerned’ by Trump tariffs threat

First Minister Michelle O’Neill said international law needed to prevail over Greenland (Liam McBurney/PA) - (PA Wire)

Northern Ireland’s First Minister has said she is “deeply concerned” about the potential impact on the region of Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on US allies unless they support his proposed takeover of Greenland.

Michelle O’Neill told the Assembly that Economy Minister Caiomhe Archibald had already written to both the UK and Irish governments about the threat, adding that international law had to prevail.

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