Bertie Ahern appeared on The Pat Kenny Show to discuss President Trump's recent tariff announcement, expressing concerns about the lack of detail in the accompanying charts. He cautioned that rushing into retaliatory measures could be detrimental for Europe. Ahern emphasized the complexity of global interconnections, suggesting that the implementation of tariffs on April 9 will not resolve underlying issues. He also pointed out the potential for renewed trade challenges stemming from Brexit and emphasized the importance of learning from past difficulties across the Irish border, advocating a careful approach to the situation.
Retaliation can be self-defeating, and you might have to do it, but to start by retaliating would be a silly mistake, I think.
The idea that the matter of US tariffs will be resolved when they are implemented on April 9 is a nonsense and the world is far more interconnected than President Trump thinks.
I think this is an opportunity for our Government and our agencies to say listen, Brexit caused us a whole lot of difficulties across the island.
I hope Europe don't jump into retaliation straight off, I think that would be a mistake.
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