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How do NI businesses feel about the prospect of US tariffs?

"Uncertainty" is the most common word you will hear if you ask a business in Northern Ireland about how they are feeling about the prospect of the United States imposing tariffs.

They are one of the cornerstones of US President Donald Trump's second term and have left other countries scrambling to respond on an almost daily basis.

That uncertainty was underlined when 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium coming into the US went into effect overnight - with the EU responding by saying it will impose counter-measures on €26bn worth of US goods.

NI is somewhere that could be uniquely affected by the impact of both EU and UK tariffs - but businesses say they are trying to stay positive.

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