Northern Ireland risks becoming “collateral damage” in President Donald Trump’s trade wars despite the UK being hit with a lower tariff than the EU, politicians and business leaders have warned.
The prospect of a transatlantic trade battle has reignited Brexit tensions in the UK region because of the potential for Northern Ireland to be caught in the crossfire if the EU imposes counter-tariffs on US goods.
Trump on Wednesday slapped a 10 per cent tariff on imports of goods from the UK and a 20 per cent levy on the EU, a decision that puts Northern Irish exporters at an advantage to rivals in the Republic of Ireland.
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