US president Donald Trump threatened to impose high tariffs on imports of cars from the EU if it doesn’t agree to a trade deal.

The volume of goods going through Ireland's ports between April and June this year fell in comparison with the same period last year, according to the Central Statistics Office.

Exports have increased for the second month in a row, according to seasonally adjusted figures released by the CSO.

"Scares" around the quality of South American food will trigger a “red button” that results in a ban on products imported from that firm or region under safeguards built into the new Mercosur trade deal.

The vast majority of building materials used in the Irish construction sector are either sourced in the UK or enter Ireland through international distributors in Britain and represent a major risk for the industry, according to executives at the National Construction Summit in Citywest last week.

Revenue has hailed progress in contacting exporters and importers as part of the Government’s plans to prepare for Brexit.

Some of Ireland’s exports may become unviable due to the Brexit effect on the UK landbridge to the continental EU, said Transport Minister Shane Ross last week.

More than one in five used motors imported into Ireland last year are less than two years old, according to an analysis by a vehicle data company.

The writing has been on the wall for some time now, but even for the slow adopters, the writing is now writ large.

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Nissan has called on the government to ban used car imports from the UK where registration pre-dates 2014 rather than imposing a new carbon tax on householders.

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The total new car registrations for the month of October were down 11.2% compared to that of October last, according to statistics released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI).

Irish food firms would be vulnerable if the UK and EU were to fail to strike a Brexit deal, because their costs of raw materials would be higher, while exports to the UK market would face high tariff levels, a new report has warned.

China has raised tariffs on $50bn of US goods including soybeans, aircraft and cars in response to Washington's increased duties on Chinese goods in a technology dispute.

Protectionist threats by the US sent global stocks into the red on Thursday, having sparked jitters over a global trade war.

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Irish motorists importing luxury cars from the UK are seeing increasingly attractive offers as UK dealers try to counteract lowering demand for diesel vehicles.

A US trade body is due to make its final ruling on the Bombardier aircraft imports dispute.

The eurozone’s trade surplus shrank in August as the stronger euro fuelled an import boom that was only partly offset by a rise in exports, official estimates showed yesterday.

The number of imported vehicles from the UK will continue to rise as British motorists increasingly turn away from diesel and look to sell, a motoring expert has said.

An international finance expert has played down speculation that the Trump administration will transform the US into potentially the world’s biggest tax haven. Carl Tannenbaum, chief economist of Northern Trust, which employs 16,500 people, addressing a Limerick Chamber of Commerce event yesterday, said the likelihood of a border tax passing was low.

The effect of Brexit on some types of exports and imports may be showing up in reduced traffic through Irish ports.

Legal trade in rhinoceros horns could save the species from extinction — or hasten their demise, says Rachel Nuwer.

Inequality is part of progress, as incomes rise at different rates, but we all benefit from cheap goods and 1bn people have been freed from poverty, says Angus Deaton.

A 52-page report by the CSO has for the first time detailed the depth of the economic and social links binding the economies of Ireland and Britain — ties which could be under threat if the UK pursues its hard Brexit line in its looming divorce talks with Brussels.

Dublin Port said it is taking on so much business that it will need to expand, setting aside fears that Brexit would severely disrupt its trade.