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Donald Trump said the US Trade Representative had determined that China 'has repeatedly engaged in practices to unfairly obtain America's intellectual property'

Trump says US has 'already lost the trade war'

Business / 06 Apr

The mounting gap comes as President Donald Trump pursues an increasingly fraught battle with the world's largest economies to right the yawning US trade balance, sparking fears of a trade war

US trade deficit rises despite record American exports

Business / 05 Apr

US West Texas Intermediate crude for May delivery was up 27 cents, or 0.4%, at $63.64 a barrel by 5.45am Irish time after settling down 14 cents

Oil gains on US crude drawdown, easing of trade tension

Business / 05 Apr

Peanut butter is one of a range of products on the EU's list

'Trade wars bad and easy to lose', Tusk warns Trump

Business / 07 Mar

Donald Trump insists the move will save American jobs

Trump under pressure over tariff plans

David Davis said the EU document contained 'discourteous language'

Davis hits back at EU for publishing transition plans

Brexit / 08 Feb

David Davis said any deal that left finance out would be 'cherry picking'

UK wants financial services included in EU trade deal

Business / 02 Jan

Tony Connelly: Plenty of positives for Ireland in deal

Brexit / 08 Dec 17

Liam Fox said trading according to WTO rules would not be a nightmare scenario

Trade talks will be complicated if EU punishes UK - Fox

Brexit / 22 Oct 17

Germany sees strongest export growth reading in 12 months in August

German exports surge in August, shrugs off strong euro

Business / 10 Oct 17

The port is one of the main hubs for the country's imports and exports, making it a strong indicator of the health of Ireland's trade

Growing trade volumes passing through Dublin Port

Business / 25 Jul 17

The annual economic dialogue session in Washington ended with cancelled news conferences, no joint statement and no new announcements on US market access to China

US, China fail to agree on trade issues

Business / 20 Jul 17

Both imports to and exports from the UK are considerably higher for the first five months of this year, when compared with the same period in 2016

Trade surplus jumps by 37% in May - CSO

Business / 17 Jul 17

Ibec has published a detailed set of potential solutions to the business and economic problems thrown up by Brexit

Ibec says UK must redefine its Brexit approach

Business / 19 Jun 17

Brexit trade and elections - the downside

Business / 09 Jun 17

According to the CSO, imports from Great Britain rose by 6% to €1.37 billion in March, when compared with the same month in 2016, but British exports dropped by 1% to €1.13 billion

Fall in imports leads to €550m rise in trade surplus

Business / 16 May 17

Goods imports for the month increased by €800m to €5.88 billion, while exports were €349m higher to €10.6 billion, which leaves the country's trade surplus at €4.7 billion

Trade surplus falls amid 16% jump in imports - CSO

Business / 18 Apr 17

China's exports rose at the fastest pace in a little more than two years in March

China's economic picture better as trade beats forecast

Business / 13 Apr 17

PwC said it expects the Common Travel Area between Britain and Ireland to be retained after the Brexit talks

PwC not hopeful of Brexit trade deal by March 2019

Business / 30 Mar 17

Malta's Finance Minister Edward Scicluna with ECB chief Mario Draghi

EU finance ministers worried about after 'surreal' G20

Business / 21 Mar 17

Enda Kenny said Ireland was in a strong position to maximise any opportunities presented by Brexit

EU-US trade deal would benefit both sides - Enda Kenny

Business / 15 Mar 17

Imports into the country fell by 20% in January, resulting in a trade surplus of €5.75 billion

Trade surplus rises to €5.75bn as imports fall 20%

Business / 15 Mar 17

For the year to October, the value of goods exports was €96.91 billion - representing an increase of €3.94 billion on the first ten months of 2015

Exports rise by €192m to €10.2 billion in October

Business / 15 Dec 16

The Committee has plenty of patrician put-downs of the extreme-end of the Brexiteer spectrum for their lack of knowledge on trade

Lords tell Brexiteers they can't have it both ways

Business / 13 Dec 16

The report warns that Britain will not be able to cut itself off from all forms of regulation and the jurisdiction of international trade bodies, no matter what form of Brexit it adopts

'Brexit will dramatically alter' UK-EU trade

Business / 13 Dec 16

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