Trump singles out Ireland in pledge to impose tariffs on pharmaceutical imports to US

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Wednesday. Picture: Pool via AP

US President Donald Trump has singled out Ireland as he pledged to impose tariffs on pharmaceutical imports to the US.

"We're going to be doing tariffs on pharmaceuticals in order to bring our pharmaceutical industry back," Mr Trump said in the Oval Office on Wednesday.