Newsmakers: Trump’s Tariffs

27/11/2025 11 min
Newsmakers: Trump’s Tariffs

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The Hard Shoulder is looking back on 2025’s biggest moments in the news, and who were at the heart of it.Just a day after April Fools Day came Liberation Day, when US President Donald Trump produced a cardboard cutout of countries to face impending tariffs on exports. Ireland came under the EU umbrella, and we were starting down the barrel of 20% tariffs…Joining Ciara Doherty to look back is the Positive Economist and Presenter of Newstalk’s Taking Stock, Susan Hayes Culleton.Image: Reuters