Irish-China tech accord not derailed by US trade wars and Huwaei spat, says Government

A memorandum of understanding signed between the Department of Business here and its Chinese counterpart on boosting technology links between the two countries has not been ensnared by the trade war between President Trump’s White House and China, which involves allegations against China’s Huawei tech giant, the Government has said.

The MOU was signed between Skills Minister John Halligan and China’s Science and Technology Minister Wang Zhigang in Ireland and led to a meeting of the Chinese science and technology ministry, with Ireland’s Department of Business, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Science Foundation Ireland, as well as Enterprise Ireland and the IDA.