Tánaiste to meet commerce secretary Howard Lutnick in US
Tánaiste Simon Harris has travelled to Washington DC for a meeting with US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, a key critic of the Irish Government’s fiscal policies.
Mr Harris flew to the US on Tuesday night for meetings with “economic and business stakeholders”.
Over the course of Wednesday, he is due to hold several further meetings on Capitol Hill to discuss Ireland’s economic, trade and foreign policy priorities.
He will also meet with Mr Lutnick on trade and investment relations, mentioning the US-Irish economic relationship which sustains 400,000 jobs.
The commerce secretary has been a key figure in US President Donald Trump’s tariff plans.
Mr Lutnick, who has described Ireland as his favourite “tax scam”, told a podcast last month: “They have all of our (intellectual property) for all our great tech companies and great pharma companies.
“They all put it there because it’s low tax. They don’t pay us, they pay them, so that is going to end.”
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