eutrade@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 5 days agoIrish presidency of the EU: Ireland is not just data centers. In 2025, 35% of Irish exports to other EU countries were vaccinesfeddit.orgimagemessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up143arrow-down1imageIrish 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 · 5 days agomessage-square8linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareZedstrianlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 days agoThat’s because pharmaceutical companies base themselves in Ireland for the purpose of corporate tax evasion.
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days 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 days 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”