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Cillian Sherlock

RARE PHOTOS: The last time this led to great depression irish money minister warns - The Real Truth

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Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers (Brian Lawless/PA) - (PA Wire)

An Irish Cabinet minister has compared US president Donald Trump’s tariff regime to the circumstances which precipitated the Great Depression.

Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers said the extent of the tariffs that was announced by Mr Trump has not been seen for 100 years.

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