Wall Street maintains upward momentum on optimism over international trade

Deteriorating relations with US and the actions of market speculators highlight precarious economic position

President Erdogan turns ire on ubiquitous iPhone, symbolic of muscular US trade policy

Smurfit Kappa shares slide almost 7% while Aer Lingus owner IAG falls 3.49%

A quick explanation of how this came about and what’s likely to happen next

Irish banks ride a wave of positivity that sweep along the European financial sector

European markets were buoyed by a truce in the trade dispute between US and China

World Trade Organisation upholds ruling that EU failed to stop illegal payments to Airbus

Companies ask for uncertainties to be removed as some nations granted exemptions

EU leaders had earlier been briefed on the prospect of a dangerous escalation of trade retaliation

Martin Wolf: This is the beginning of the end of the rules-governed multilateral trading order that the US itself created.

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Mexico and Canada excluded following intense lobbying by Republicans

EU hints at countermeasures as tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium to be applied

Iseq closes lower with BoI and Permanent TSB losing out as investors flock to AIB