Richard Curran: It’s quite clear Ireland will be in trouble if the EU drags Big Tech into a trade war with the US

The gap is narrowing between what Donald Trump says he will do and what he actually does. Nowhere is this noticed more than in the EU. There was a certain panicked feel to the EU’s threat this week to hit Big Tech if the US president follows through on imposing tariffs on the bloc.

Described as a “Brussels bazooka” (whatever that looks like), the EU retaliation would drag services into any trade war, which would not be good for Ireland..