The Tánaiste is to appeal for “calm” and “measured” EU co-operation ahead of a major tariff announcement by US President Donald Trump expected on Wednesday.
Simon Harris is due to hold calls with Dutch trade minister Reinette Klever and Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen on Monday morning.
Mr Harris – who is also minister for foreign affairs, trade and defence – will also host Croatian foreign minister Gordan Grlic-Radman in Dublin on Monday afternoon.
Mr Harris is expected to emphasise the importance of the European Union working closely together in a “calm, strategic and measured fashion” while continuing to engage “positively” with the US.
“How Ireland and the EU respond to the coming days and weeks won’t just impact the months and years ahead but our economic model and wellbeing for the next generation,” the Tánaiste…