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Populist leaders claim to solve complex problems with simple solutions. In practice, they sow confidence-wracking uncertainty.

The next move is the EU's after new US tariffs were announced overnight. The balance between proportionate and escalatory retaliation is a fine one when dealing with any adversary. It is finer still when dealing with Donald Trump.

As Trump's 20% tariff announcement sinks in and the EU responds, The Currency's recent reporting and analysis offer avenues to take a step back and prepare for the turbulent period ahead.

As the US looks set to bring in swinging tariffs on the EU, the current strength of the European economy gives reason to hope that it can withstand the transatlantic trade conflagration to come.

The US president is playing a different game where the normal rules of engagement do not apply.

Glenn Tiffert of the Hoover Institution wants to maintain US-Europe links on critical tech like chips and AI. As the Taoiseach heads to the White House, the geopolitical insider also highlights generations of Irish-American human relationships and affinity.

This week has seen the US set the European agenda, giving its Nato allies a choice between a real war or a trade war.

Donald Trump’s Greenland talk cannot be dismissed as his usual ramblings this time and Ireland ought to consider the role it can play in the Arctic. It can start with the Arctic Council.

The promises the three party leaders will discuss tonight are being largely funded by tax receipts from US corporations. And those receipts are under renewed pressure with Donald Trump's proposed tariffs.

In stark contrast to his predecessors, Trump has a radically different view of the power and responsibility of the US. At the very least, the return of the Reagan rollercoaster is now likely.