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DONALD Trump and European Commission chief Ursula Von der Leyen have agreed a trade deal between the US and the EU worth more than €1.2 trillion.

- BY MIKEY SMITH

They struck the deal yesterday, as Ms Von Der Leyen visited the US President at his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland.

As well as pledging to open up the EU's huge trading bloc to free trade with America, Europe has pledged to invest more in the US, and buy hundreds of billions of dollars worth of energy.

Taoiseach Micheal Martin has welcomed this new deal... as President Trump also revealed that he's set to make a visit to Ireland “soon”.

“I love Doonbeg. I'll go, not in this trip, but I'll go soon,” Trump said when asked if he was planing to visit Ireland.

There was also a commitment in the deal on the purchase of military equipment - which is expected to be channelled to Ukraine - but a figure was not confirmed for the size or value for this part.

After less than an hour of talks, the two leaders went before cameras and announced the deal.

“The European Union is going to agree to purchase form the United States $750 billion worth of energy,” Trump said.

“They are going to agree to invest into the United States $600 billion more than they're investing already. So they're investing a large amount of money.

“You know what that amount of money is, it’s very substantial.”