FILE PHOTO: Ireland’s Taoiseach (Prime Minister) and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris speaks to the press, during Ireland's general election, at the Wicklow count centre, in Greystones, Ireland, November 30, 2024. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Targeting U.S. digital services in potential reciprocal trade measures is not the European Union's position and would be very damaging for Ireland, trade minister Simon Harris said on Thursday, urging negotiations.
Harris was responding to comments from a French government spokesperson that services, notably digital services, were likely to be a focus of EU measures considered in response to new U.S. tariffs. Many U.S. tech giants have their EU headquarters in Ireland.
