Call with Simon Harris comes after Howard Lutnick called Ireland his favourite ‘tax scam’ in recent days
Tánaiste Simon Harris had a "constructive and engaging" call with US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to discuss trade policy and the transatlantic economic relationship. This followed Lutnick's recent criticism of Ireland as a "tax scam," accusing it of depriving the US of tax revenue through multinational intellectual property rights, and misrepresenting Ireland's budget surplus.