13-Jan-2020
Irish Examiner
Later this week negotiations for a comprehensive agreement on investment between the EU and mainland China will be held in Brussels.
12-Aug-2019
Foreign Policy
What might become the biggest obstacle of all has to do with Ireland, not with Britain per se.
12-Jul-2019
The Irish Times
The motion condemned the trade agreement, recently agreed between the EU and four South American countries, as “a bad deal for Ireland and for the planet” and mandated the Government to oppose the deal at the Council of Ministers in the future.
11-Jul-2019
Irish Examiner
The Irish Government has been accused of throwing farmers under the bus with the Mercosur trade deal.
17-Apr-2019
Washington Post
"If there were to be any weakening of the Good Friday accords, there would be no chance whatsoever, a nonstarter, for a US-U.K. trade agreement," said US House Speaker
9-Jul-2018
Independent.ie
Talks on a trade deal between the EU and South American Mercosur bloc are heating up this summer.
8-Jun-2018
Independent.ie
The Irish government will not block any future trade deal between the EU and Mercosur, despite intense lobbying by the farm organisations and meat processors.
13-Feb-2018
Independent.ie
December’s deal to avoid a hard border stands and the preferred option to secure that is through a comprehensive free trade deal, the Prime Minister has said.
27-Jul-2016
Irish Independent
The vast majority of Irish people want a referendum on the proposed US-EU free trade deal if it looks like it could become law, a survey suggests.
11-Jan-2016
Irish Farmers Journal
Ireland will become one of the first EU regions to export beef to Canada as part of the CETA trade agreement.
4-Nov-2015
The Irish Examiner
Irish Farmers Association president Eddie Downey has already warned that farmers across Europe would resist any trade deal with New Zealand that could undermine the EU’s valuable domestic markets for beef, sheep, and dairy products.