Tariff uncertainty 'costs businesses and puts workers’ jobs at risk', commissioner warns

Speaking in Cork on Monday as talks were set to take place between the EU and the US, Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection, Michael McGrath, said that what the EU wants from the talks is 'a comprehensive overall settlement in the terms of trade between the EU and the US'.

Uncertainty arising from the US’s policy announcements regarding the imposition of trading tariffs across the world could “cost businesses and put workers’ jobs at risk”, according to Ireland’s EU Commissioner.

Speaking in Cork on Monday as talks were set to take place between the EU and the US, Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection, Michael McGrath, said that what the EU wants from the talks is “a comprehensive overall settlement in the terms of trade between the EU and the US”.