Donald Trump saved jobs in Limerick

US president Donald Trump intervened to help safeguard hundreds of jobs in the Limerick region after the impact of sanctions against Russia threatened to damage the Aughinish Alumina plant.

Donald Trump saved jobs in Limerick
Fri, 15 Mar, 2019 - 22:12
Juno McEnroe

US president Donald Trump intervened to help safeguard hundreds of jobs in the Limerick region after the impact of sanctions against Russia threatened to damage the Aughinish Alumina plant.

The US Treasury announced in December that it would lift sanctions that had been imposed on the plant’s Russian parent company Rusal.

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