EUROPEAN TRADE COMMISSIONER Maroš Šefčovič has said that the EU will not hesitate to implement harsh countermeasures on the US to “restore the balance” in the economic relationship between the two countries as Europe seeks to avoid a 30% tariff.

On September 17, Donald Trump will land in the UK for his second state visit – just a little over six years since his first. It’s widely described as unprecedented, and it certainly is for a US President. Just don’t tell Trump about the First World War-era French President Raymond Poincaré, who visited in 1913 and 1919.

Rosie O’Donnell has responded to Donald Trump’s latest attack, saying she ‘didn’t take it personally’ after he suggested she should be stripped of her citizenship and remain in Ireland. The long-running feud between the Emmy-winning comedian and the US president reignited after O’Donnell criticised the Trump administration’s response to the Texas floods,

Whether it’s tariffs that impact its exports or a retaliatory EU digital services tax, Ireland stands to lose more acutely than most.

Past visits suggest the US president's latest trip to his mother's homeland is unlikely to receive a warm welcome.

US president Donald Trump has said he plans to announce tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals which could reach 200pc but he would give drug-makers about one year "to get their act together.""We're going to give people about a year,

In his new round of tariffs being announced this week, Trump is essentially tethering the entire world economy to his instinctual belief that import taxes will deliver factory jobs and stronger growth in the U.S., rather than the inflation and slowdown predicted by many economists.