Thomas Byrne
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285 appearances
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first heard May 2026
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And I think people know that there has to be compromise.
People know they're not going to get their entire wish list on this EU budget.
And that's why we're appealing to compromise and trying to find the thread of commonality among the Member States.
But it's going to be challenging.
No question, the the positions are very, very different, and some member states that would have been in a kind of a middle ground camp previously are not are not there this time.
Um so so I think it's particularly challenging for us to put this together.
Well, look, I mean, it's like everything else with tariffs in America.
I think it's a wait and see approach.
And if I look at what the U.S.
trade representative has said, that seems to be the approach even in the trade representative office.
It is something that we are pursuing anyway and have been pursuing.
The British have been pursuing this for Scotch in particular for quite some time.
And so have we.
So let's see what comes out of this, as I understand it has not been implemented yet.
But it does show, I think, the huge importance of trade agreements.
Irish whiskey lives and dies by free trade.
We saw in a number of trade agreements recently the benefits to the Irish drinks industry.
I have to say, and I said this publicly.
But with the Mercosur trade agreement, there was literally no discussion from the industry or from anybody else about the benefits to the Irish drinks industry of the Mercosur trade agreement, which then benefits farmers as well.
And I think that we have to be really, really conscious of all sectors of the economy, agriculture, but this includes agriculture too, and other sectors when we're dealing with trade, and to keep pursuing those trade agreements to allow our products to be exported.
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