Ireland joins the likes of China and Vietnam on list of countries the U.S. is monitoring for currency manipulation

The United States has added Ireland to a list of countries that are kept tabs due to a large and increasingly trade surplus that led to the thumb of president Donald Trump.

As part of the half -annual report of the US Treasury on the policies of the total economy and the foreign exchange of its largest commercial partners, Ireland and Switzerland added to a “monitoring list” of nine years of countries whose total economic policies or currency practices “have a close interest”.

Other countries in the US Monitoring list are China, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Taiwan, South Korea and Germany.

“In line with the first policy of trade in America, Trump Trump, the US Treasury will be vigilant in identifying and taking measures against currency manipulation and will continue to monitor a group of macroeconomic and financial economy closely, contribute to the stock exchange’s bulletins, or contribute to the exchange of the stock exchange.

The United States started the monitoring list under the Barack Obama administration in 2016 to identify commercial partners who may have gained an advantage over the country through unfair practices. After its observation, in 2019, the United States officially described China as a currency maneuver. While the symbolic step largely, the then Treasury Secretary allowed Steve Mnuchin to go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to try to “eliminate” the alleged manipulation

On this occasion, the United States practiced restraint and refused to classify China on currency maneuvers. The Trump administration is currently working on tense negotiations with China to ward off an unprecedented import tariff on Chinese imports, which are currently being suspended.

Earlier in Ireland, the list was placed in 2019 and in 2021, and continues to bounce inside and outside the squad with the importance of its external economy.

The country set a record 50.1 billion euros (57.3 billion dollars), a surplus of trade with the United States last year. Cargo exports of 72.6 billion euros (83 billion dollars) of goods to the United States were driven by medicines, most of which are produced by US -based companies with production facilities in Ireland. Viagra medications are produced from Eli Lilly’s Zepbound and Pfizer to a large extent in the cork and shipped to the United States

Ireland has attracted American multinationals to its beaches with tax incentives, and since then has gained the advantage of talent and infrastructure from companies that invest in the country. In addition to the pharmaceutical sector, the country has proven successful in persuading technology giants such as Google, Meta and Apple to establish its European headquarters in Ireland.

This trend sparked globalization that Trump, who in March complained to Tawish in Ireland, Michael Martin, about the direction of American companies that create bases in the country.

In its report, the United States said that the decrease in defeating rates in recent months may have turned into commercial balances in a way that is likely to increase its deficit with Ireland, Jouts and Korea. Germany is another European country that has a heavy trading surplus on the United States, which leads to its inclusion in the list.

As part of the “Liberation Day” attack on April 5 of the “mutual tariff”, it was found that the Trump team used a formula based on trade balance in the United States with other countries. While the heavy surplus in Ireland with the United States would have indicated an aggressive tariff, its membership in the European Union, which received the member states that received a 20 % collective tariff, survived the worst Trump attack. This customs tariff, such as those that were implemented against Chinese imports, are currently dependent on 90 days that stop negotiations.

The representative of the Ministry of Institutions and Employment in Ireland did not immediately respond to the request for comment.

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2025-06-06 07:42:00