Tariffs may kill EU-US trade and hunt for auction house treasure

Get the latest business news and commentary from our expert business team in your inbox every weekday morning US president Donald Trump's threatened tariffs of 30 per cent would realistically cut off the European Union's ability to keep trading with the United States as it has done for years, the union's top negotiator has said. Jack Power reports. The State is "well positioned against the backdrop of uncertain markets" even though the Ireland still has debt of more than €200 billion and there is no place for complacency, National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) chief executive Frank O'Connor said as the…