TRUMP TARIFFS THREATEN 200K JOBS IN IRELAND

Siptu urges Govt to protect pharma staff

- BY JOHN KIERANS and LOUISE BURNE

DONALD Trump's tariffs could cost 200,000 job losses in Ireland, the country's biggest union Siptu has warned.

The US President is set to announce his trade war with the EU on Wednesday.

But Siptu fears it could be doomsday for this country if the Government doesn't move swiftly.

It demanded the Taoiseach Micheal Martin set up a special task force to prepare and deal with the impending tariffs war.

The union's Deputy General Secretary Greg Ennis said: "We represent thousands of workers across the pharmaceutical and medical devices sectors.