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China seeks to enhance ties with Ireland to boost relations with EU
Reuters ^ | January 5, 2026 12:43 AM EST | Liz Lee

Posted on 01/05/2026 1:12:08 AM PST by Olog-hai

China is keen on expanding economic and trade cooperation with Ireland while aiming for mutually beneficial results, Chinese President Xi Jinping told the Irish prime minister on Monday, positioning stronger bilateral ties as a way to also boost relations with the European Union.

Xi emphasized mutual respect and achieving win-win outcomes as “valuable experiences” for long-term and stable development of China-Ireland ties in his opening remarks at a meeting with Prime Minister Micheál Martin at the Great Hall of the People, a media pool report showed. […]

China is interested in cooperating with Ireland in fields such as artificial intelligence, digital economy, pharmaceuticals as well as tourism, Xinhua reported citing Xi, who also urged more coordination and cooperation in international affairs to advocate for multilateralism and international justice. […]

Martin’s trip comes two weeks after Beijing announced tariffs on EU dairy products, imposing provisional duties of up to 42.7%, the latest in a series of measures against EU exports widely seen as retaliation for the bloc’s electric vehicle tariffs. …

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; China; European Union; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: china; europe; eussr; fartyshadesofgreen; fourthreich; ireland; redchina; stupidleprechauns

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1 posted on 01/05/2026 1:12:08 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The people’s republic of China has been popping up in the most unexpected locations here lately.
They were just seen last week having lunch with Maduro in Venezuela , shortly before Trump dropped the hammer on Maduro’s stolen presidency.


2 posted on 01/05/2026 1:44:48 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Olog-hai

Reduced to dealing with the Irish?


3 posted on 01/05/2026 2:22:05 AM PST by ComputerGuy (The 'A' in 'AI' stands for 'Almost')
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To: Olog-hai

Where’s Blazing Saddles “Not the Irish” meme? Can’t post pix from my phone.


4 posted on 01/05/2026 3:10:45 AM PST by BipolarBob (These violent delights have violent ends.)
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To: Olog-hai

What’s Chy-na have to offer Ireland - rotten potatoes?
And how much good beer, whiskey and linen is Chy-na gonna import?


5 posted on 01/05/2026 3:50:56 AM PST by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: Olog-hai

The “Fighting” Irish have become the fighting Islamist.

Saint Patrick got rid of the snakes in Ireland only to have the Irish invite them back in. /spit


6 posted on 01/05/2026 4:11:14 AM PST by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: BipolarBob
Here you go ...


7 posted on 01/05/2026 4:17:10 AM PST by CapnJack ( )
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To: Flavious_Maximus

The Irish have lost their nuts like the rest of the Euro cucks.


8 posted on 01/05/2026 5:30:24 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: trebb

This is all based on anti-Americanism. The EUSSR was founded specifically to be against the USA, so they’re looking for like-minded allies.


9 posted on 01/05/2026 7:21:35 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is goings to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KzmZ17uD1M


10 posted on 01/05/2026 8:35:23 AM PST by Paddyboy (Roma Omnia Vincit)
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To: Olog-hai

Good. Let them take our place in NATO. It’s past time for us to leave NATO and pull all of our troops and equipment out of Europe. No more being the EU’s sugar daddy.


11 posted on 01/05/2026 10:18:39 AM PST by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: AlaskaErik

Being in NATO does not entail that. Only since the 1990s has it meant something like that, when Clinton let the EUSSR take over its military operations and drag us into their Balkans conflict.

Take note that over there, they call their increase of military spending and development “rearming”. As if they were the same entity we fought in WWII.


12 posted on 01/05/2026 1:11:26 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is goings to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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