Finbarr Bermingham

I mean, there's a number of them that still trade heavily and do business on the ground in China.

So trying to second guess what they will do is tricky.

You know, they have been playing this game for many, many years, this idea of asymmetric economic security.

We're just getting to the table now, but they're the masters of this.

So we don't know what exactly they will do, but they will do something.

possibly, whereas others are probably worried about being dragged into a fight that they didn't start.

It's a bit like, you know, you attack one, you attack all.

If they do something that, if the Chinese respond in a way that is seen as an attack on the single market, then the whole EU is dragged in.

And I know that there are plenty of member states who would not want that, Ireland being one.

But this is, yeah, it's one of those moments where you realize we're not in Kansas anymore.

The usual rules aren't really applying.

And so we wait to see how this unfolds.

But it's keeping me busy and it's keeping us on our toes.