The United States has handed an opportunity to China to grow its global trading influence by retreating from international structures, Tánaiste Simon Harris has said.
He also noted that the US had “missed a trick” arising from the new trade agreement with the European Union, which, while allowing for comparatively favourable trading arrangements between the bloc and the US, meant Irish and European companies had paused American investments.
“I do think there is an irony in the United States’ position,” Mr Harris said in Dublin on Friday.
“While [the US is] talking a lot about China, by withdrawing from multilatera
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