eutrade@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 4 months agoIrish presidency of the EU: Ireland is not just data centers. In 2025, 35% of Irish exports to other EU countries were vaccinesfeddit.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up145file-text
arrow-up145external-linkIrish presidency of the EU: Ireland is not just data centers. In 2025, 35% of Irish exports to other EU countries were vaccinesfeddit.orgeutrade@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square8linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareZedstrian@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 months agoThat’s because pharmaceutical companies base themselves in Ireland for the purpose of corporate tax evasion.
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoYup. Ireland‘s economy is tax evasion all the way down. All of these statistics are concerning. It undermines EU principles.
minus-squareeutrade@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoIndeed that’s what the US is claiming. They’re talking about “phantom exports”
That’s because pharmaceutical companies base themselves in Ireland for the purpose of corporate tax evasion.
Yup. Ireland‘s economy is tax evasion all the way down. All of these statistics are concerning. It undermines EU principles.
Indeed that’s what the US is claiming. They’re talking about “phantom exports”