Doha Trade Round: Irish Farmers and Sacred Cows
Jul 26th, 2008 | By Finfacts Ireland Business & Finance Portal | Category: News worldwide
Doha Trade Round: This week, we had the bizarre spectacle of the multimillionaire Irish farmers' leader on centre stage as he repeatedly called for the scuttling of the trade talks in Geneva, while Ireland's politicians kept a low profile and the principal Irish business lobby group IBEC, issued three statements to keep its diverse interests tuned up. As for the national interests of a trading nation with foreign firms responsible for more than 90% of its exports, they have simply been second fiddle to a sectional interest that has had politicians disproportionately doing its bidding since the foundation of the Irish State.