Trump's threatened 200% pharma tariff 'would damage everybody' – Micheál Martin

Taoiseach Micheál Martin was speaking about international trade as he met Lithuanian president Gitanas Nausėda in Dublin on Thursday for bilateral talks. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews 

The introduction of a 200% tariff rate on pharmaceutical imports to the United States would damage pharma companies and patients, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.

Earlier this week, US president Donald Trump signalled tariffs against the pharmaceutical industry, saying such a rate could be as high as 200% for imports into the US.