Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Transatlantic Trade Relations: American Chamber of Commerce Ireland

2:00 am

Photo of John LahartJohn Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

Mr. Sweetman used a phrase I have not come across before and it seems deliberately a little vague. It is "contender attitude". What does "contender attitude" mean? The context, if I am correct, is that the countries that can demonstrate the best contender attitude would be in pole position from a trade perspective with the USA. What does this mean?

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