Sean Whelan

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Washington Correspondent at RTÉ

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What is behind Donald Trump's 50% tariff on EU imports?

2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

Just what is behind the US president Donald Trump's 50% tariff on EU imports to the US? Your guess is as good as mine or anyone else's in all honesty. This latest policy swerve came out of nowhere yesterday morning in Washington - just when people here might have been expecting wind down ahead of a long Memorial Day weekend. Instead Mr Trump's social media post had a laxative effect on financial market traders on both sides of the Atlantic.
US-South Africa reset uncertain after Oval Office stunt

2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

Ambush. That is the word most used by US media to describe yesterday's explosive White House confrontation between President Donald Trump and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa. The last time we had seen anything like this was February’s disastrous meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Fears of explosive encounter as Trump meets Ramaphosa

2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

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How will the 267th Pope deal with the 47th US President?

4 weeks ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

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Trump says US will stop bombing Houthis in Yemen

1 month ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

US President Donald Trump has announced a ceasefire in the US campaign against Houthi missile attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. Speaking at the Oval office in a meeting with Canadian Prime Minster Mark Carney, Mr Trump said the US is ending its attacks on missile infrastructure in Yemen because the Houthi regime said it will no longer attack international shipping - the objective of the airstrike campaign.
US ambassadors to Ireland, EU given their instructions

1 month ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

A change of government in the US is accompanied by a change in personnel in top management posts through the administration. Political appointments, not career civil servants, are the norm for some 4,000 top level jobs in the federal system. Just over a quarter of them need Senate approval, including all ambassadors, both career diplomats and political appointees. Last week the confirmation hearing for four ambassadorial nominees were held: France, Netherlands, Dominican Republic and Ireland.
Ambassador to Ireland nominee before US Senate hearing

1 month ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

A hearing is under way in the United States concerning President Trump's nominee for the position of US Ambassador to Ireland. Edward Walsh was introduced to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of the President. Mr Walsh is from New Jersey where he runs a project management company providing services to the construction industry.
Economy remains key issue during Trump's first 100 days

1 month ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

Wednesday marks the first one hundred days of the second Trump administration - that notional period in which Presidencies are supposed to define themselves, set down the main themes for the remainder of the term, fire off the key legislative initiatives to be worked through for the remainder of the term. You are not wrong if you think it's been an exhausting whirlwind of initiatives and orders. By the time he set off for Rome on Friday, the President had signed 137 Executive orders.
IMF says tariffs will hit economic growth this year

1 month ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

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Tariff reprieve just a pause on a rollercoaster ride

1 month ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

News of 'the pause' came right in the middle of Tánaiste Simon Harris' live interview with the Six One News yesterday. He was supposed to be telling us about the meeting he had had earlier that morning with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who had invited him to Washington DC for a rapid-fire meeting. But that meeting was suddenly postponed to Wednesday morning and then pushed back to Wednesday afternoon.