The Tánaiste will join EU Trade Ministers in Luxembourg today in the hope of discussing plans to negotiate a response to America's tariffs.
Stock markets fell into the red this morning, feeling the full weight of US President Donald Trump's international tariffs on foreign imports.
Wall Street bank JP Morgan is forecasting a 60 % chance of US and global economic downturn.
Simon Harris says negotiating is a time for "calm heads",
" We have to remind ourselves of where we want to get to here, and where we want to get to is a good trading relationship between the EU and the US, and we don't want to be in a tariff environment, but obviously Europe has to show a willingness to act should the Trump administration refuse to come to the negotiating table in a real and substantive way".
