Irish manufacturing slowed amid tensions over Trump's Greenland push

The Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, above an iceberg near Nuuk, Greenland. Output growth in Irish manufacturing slowed in January amid heightened global economic uncertainty as the Greenland crisis unfolded. Picture: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Output growth in Irish manufacturing slowed in January amid lacklustre demand and heightened global economic uncertainty as the Greenland crisis unfolded, according to the latest AIB Irish Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) published on Tuesday.

The PMI came in a month when European and US relations were in a state of chaos amid plans by US president Donald Trump to annex Greenland, with Mr Trump threatening to ramp up tariffs if European companies did not comply. Mr Trump later rolled back on his plans after a meeting at the World Economic Forum, held in Davos, Switzerland.