Data shows just how dependent Irish-US trade is on only a few sectors

Pharmaceuticals account for more than 60% of exports to US, writes Ronan Smyth

Some of the biggest US pharmaceutical companies — including Pfizer, Eli Lilly, and Johnson & Johnson — have significant operations in Ireland. 

US president Donald Trump has only been back in office for just over a month, but he is already engaging in trade wars with other countries in order to gain concessions. 

While there has been much bluster from his administration in recent weeks, the EU, and in turn Ireland, have largely escaped being dragged into a trade war with the US, but that all could change soon.