Making members’ voice heard above the noise on trade relations and the EU-UK reset.
The US is still very much the name of the game this month, with firms preparing for President Trump's reciprocal tariffs plan due on 2 April. CBI members have been clear: the uncertainty from the US and other geopolitical events makes strong relationships with the EU and other like-minded partners further afield more important than ever before for our economic growth, stability and resilience.
US-UK trade
The CBI's Europe and International Director, Sean McGuire, was in Washington D.C. in March with the CBI's Northern Ireland Chair Brian Donaldson. Coinciding with St Patrick's Day celebrations, where we joined events with Irish sister federation Ibec, we also had a number of bilateral meetings with USTR, US Senate Committees, US Chamber of Commerce (our US counterpart) as well as the British Embassy, including a St Patrick's Day Breakfast with the British Ambassador Lord Mandelson. With intense conversations going on between the US Administration and the British government to agree
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