British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has stepped up the pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May to intervene in the Bombardier trade dispute.

Theresa May has hit out at Boeing over the escalating US trade dispute with Belfast-linked rival Bombardier, warning its behaviour was "no way to operate".

Britain told US planemaker Boeing it could lose out on British defence contracts because of its dispute with Canadian rival Bombardier which has put 4,200 jobs at risk in the North.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is "bitterly disappointed" by a US Department of Commerce decision to impose a tariff of nearly 220% on a new model of passenger jet manufactured by Bombardier, one of the North's biggest employers, Downing Street said.

A preliminary US finding on a trade dispute which could threaten thousands of Northern Irish jobs is due later.

Almost 100 jobs are being shed in Northern Ireland by aircraft manufacturer Bombardier.

The British Government is "working tirelessly" to safeguard Bombardier's operations and its highly skilled workforce in Belfast, the Northern Ireland Secretary has said.

American aircraft manufacturer Boeing is refusing to back down in a bitter aerospace trade dispute which could financially devastate one of the North's biggest employers.

US companies in Ireland are looking for 2,500 people to fill vacant positions, according to a American Chamber of Commerce in Ireland survey.

Irish people are making more trips to the United States than last year, according to new figures released by the Dublin Airport Authority.

AN American theatre company is auditioning students for a very elaborate €10,000 musical Robin Hood they plan to stage next Thursday and Friday — free of charge.

US firms were told today that the North offers American companies an excellent gateway to Europe.

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Eamon Ryan will tomorrow meet with senior US politicians as he continues his four-day fact-finding visit to the country.

MAJOR job announcements by IDA Ireland are in the pipeline, chief executive Sean Dorgan said last night.

A Saudi citizen has been arrested in an FBI sting operation for allegedly accepting bribes to issue American visas to Saudi nationals, authorities said.