Trump tariffs leave Northern Ireland, and its whiskey and plane makers, at the whim of the EU

The Old Bushmills whiskey distillery in Bushmills Northern Ireland is the oldest working distillery in Ireland. (Credit: FrankvandenBergh—Getty Images)

As Donald Trump and his advisors concocted a global tariff plan unleashed via placard at the White House on Wednesday afternoon, little thought was probably given to Northern Ireland, a country with a population around the size of West Virginia.

However, Northern Ireland, one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom, has been left in perhaps the most unique position of all Trump’s myriad trade targets.