View this email in your browser THE IRISH TIMES Business Today Wednesday, 21 January, 2026 Editor's Note Good morning, reader The World Economic Forum in Davos would usually take centre stage this week, but perhaps not quite like this. With US president Donald Trump laying claim to Greenland and the Atlantic alliance as weak as it’s ever been, all eyes are even more so on the week’s events. At the forum, Ireland’s Minister for Public Enterprise Peter Burke has said US tactics on Greenland were effectively “tearing apart” the EU-US trade deal agreed in July. He claimed Trump’s latest tariff threats were “coercive” and had cast a “shadow” over transatlantic trade, adding yet more “uncertainty” for firms. Eoin Burke-Kennedy is there for The Irish Times. Eoin was also there for French president Emmanuel Macron to openly accuse the US of trying “subordinate” Europe as the diplomatic fallout from Donald Trump’s plans to annex Greenland deepened on Tuesday. “We cannot accept a world where the law of strongest holds sway,” Macron told the World Economic Forum in Davos. Continue Reading Peter Flanagan   TOP BUSINESS STORIES Business Economic inequality is worsening in Northern Ireland, report says Business US tactics on Greenland ‘tearing apart’ existing trade deal, Minister claims Business European stocks hit by ongoing Trump tariff threats over Greenland Business Netflix switches to all-cash offer in battle for Warner Bros Discovery Business Minister for Health commits to faster delivery on new medicines John McManus Time for EU to put the tariffs bazooka on the table MORE BUSINESS STORIES Business Irish employment platform Boundless acquired by Payoneer Business Interest cap had no ‘significant impact’ on competition among moneylenders - Central Bank Business Profits plunge at Ikea’s Irish arm Business Consumers may have overpaid for household appliances, CCPC says as it investigates stores Do you have questions about becoming an Irish Times subscriber, or about your subscription? You'll find handy guides in our FAQs, and you can manage many aspects of your subscription in the My Account section. Never miss a business story Subscribe now for just €1 for your first month SUBSCRIBE     Registration number 2514 Registered in Ireland as The Irish Times DAC Registered office 24-28 Tara Street, Dub