“Americans benefit from and deserve an America First trade policy,” US President Donald Trump wrote in one of the many documents he signed to commence executive actions on the first day of his second term in power on Monday night. The memo on implementing an America-first trade policy was directed to nominees for Trump’s cabinet. They include those who will directly interact with Ireland, such as: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Republican senator from Florida; Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, previously a hedge fund manager; Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, the chairman and CEO of investment firm Cantor…
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