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Goods exports in 2018 were valued at €140.835 billion, an increase of 15% over 2017

Exports and imports hit new record highs in 2018 - CSO

Business • 15 Feb 19

Exports to Great Britain accounted for 10% of total exports in November

Irish trade surplus rises by 12% to €4.58 billion

Business • 15 Jan 19

China and the US have exchanged tit-for-tat tariffs on more than $300bn worth of goods in total two-way trade

US team to visit China for trade talks next week

World • 04 Jan 19

China's trade war with the United States has unsettled global markets

China to remove some import, export tariffs

Business • 24 Dec 18

Washington wants Beijing to improve market access and intellectual property protections for US firms

China wants trade talks with United States to be equal

Business • 23 Nov 18

State agencies such as Enterprise Ireland and Bord Bia have been encouraging and assisting Irish companies to seek out new export markets to help reduce their dependency on the UK

Exports to Great Britain fall by 5% in September - CSO

Business • 15 Nov 18

Donald Trump's US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross criticised the EU Trade Commissioner

US criticises EU as pressure mounts for trade truce

Business • 17 Oct 18

US President Donald Trump has become involved in trade rows with traditional allies

Donald Trump's trade disputes

World • 31 Aug 18

The European Union accounted for over half of Ireland's exports during the month, with a value of €6.48 billion

Imports surge by 20% in June - CSO

Business • 15 Aug 18

Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker were in Beijing for a meeting with senior Chinese officials

EU issues warning to avoid trade 'conflict and chaos'

World • 16 Jul 18

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 18

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 18

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 18

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 18

Donald Trump insists the move will save American jobs

Trump under pressure over tariff plans

US • 03 Mar 18

David Davis said the EU document contained 'discourteous language'

Davis hits back at EU for publishing transition plans

Brexit • 08 Feb 18

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 18

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

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