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		<title>Perché anche l’Irlanda guarda alla Cina</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Federico Giuliani]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>La visita di Micheal Martin in Cina segna la scelta dell’Irlanda di rafforzare autonomamente i legami economici con Pechino.</p>
<p>L'articolo <a href="https://it.insideover.com/politica/perche-anche-lirlanda-guarda-alla-cina.html">Perché anche l’Irlanda guarda alla Cina</a> proviene da <a href="https://it.insideover.com">InsideOver</a>.</p>
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<p>Forse, tra il blitz militare degli Stati Uniti in Venezuela e i festeggiamenti di inizio 2026, la visita del primo ministro irlandese <strong>Micheál Martin</strong> in <strong>Cina </strong>è passata sotto traccia. Eppure è un evento che dovrebbe essere analizzato a dovere per più ragioni. </p>



<p>Non solo perché è stata la prima volta che un leader dell&#8217;Eire ha messo piede oltre la Muraglia dal 2012. Ma anche perché questo meeting è avvenuto mentre l&#8217;<strong>Unione Europea</strong> è alle prese con un deficit commerciale senza precedenti con Pechino (<strong>305,8 miliardi di euro </strong>nel 2024) e con conseguenti preoccupazioni legate a un&#8217;eccessiva dipendenza economica tra Bruxelles e le filiere del gigante asiatico. </p>



<p>Poco o nulla sembrerebbe importare a Martin, che ha dedicato alla Cina il primo viaggio dell&#8217;anno scandito da cinque giorni fitti di incontri e riunioni con i massimi dirigenti del Partito Comunista Cinese, compresi <a href="https://it.insideover.com/schede/politica/chi-e-xi-jinping.html">Xi Jinping</a> e il premier <strong>Li Qiang</strong>. </p>



<p>Proprio Li ha spiegato all&#8217;ospite europeo che la Cina vuole approfondire la cooperazione con l&#8217;Irlanda e ampliare gli <strong>scambi commerciali</strong> in settori quali il leasing di <strong>aeromobili</strong>, l&#8217;<strong>assistenza sanitaria</strong>, l&#8217;<strong>energia verde</strong> e l&#8217;<strong>intelligenza artificiale</strong>. Musica per le orecchie di Martin, il cui vero obiettivo coincideva in realtà con la promozione di <strong>colloqui sull&#8217;agricoltura</strong> volti a riaprire il mercato cinese ai prodotti a base di <strong>carne bovina irlandese</strong> e sciogliere i nodi sui nuovi dazi di Xi sui <strong>prodotti lattiero-caseari</strong>.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Ue? No grazie. L&#8217;Irlanda dialoga con la Cina da sola</strong></h2>



<p>L&#8217;Irlanda si aspettava presumibilmente un <strong>apporto europeo</strong> più efficiente e distensivo in merito ai numerosi dossier cinesi che interessano il continente. I <a href="https://it.insideover.com/economia-circolare/europa-la-scossa-di-bruxelles-sulle-materie-prime-il-nemico-e-la-cina.html">rapporti tra Cina e Ue sono infatti tesi</a> da quando Bruxelles ha imposto dazi sulle <a href="https://it.insideover.com/auto/lue-ci-ripensa-retromarcia-sui-dazi-alle-auto-elettriche-cinesi.html">importazioni di veicoli elettrici cinesi</a>, nel 2024, provocando ritorsioni da parte cinese, tra cui tariffe sui prodotti lattiero-caseari Made in EU. </p>



<p>Questo braccio di ferro non sembrerebbe piacere a tutti gli Stati membri. &#8220;L&#8217;Irlanda sarà sempre costruttiva in materia commerciale. Siamo sempre stati tra i Paesi dell&#8217;Unione Europea che hanno favorito il libero scambio&#8221;, ha dichiarato non a caso Martin.</p>



<p>Non solo: il tema agricolo interessa Dublino da vicino. L&#8217;Irlanda esporta la maggior parte della sua produzione dalle industrie bovine e lattiero-casearie &#8211; che rappresentano importanti datori di lavoro nel Paese – ed è tra i più grandi esportatori di prodotti lattiero-caseari in Europa, con un fatturato annuo di circa<strong> 6 miliardi di euro</strong>. </p>



<p>Le esportazioni di carne bovina irlandese verso la Cina sono state sospese dal 2024 dopo un caso di mucca pazza. Il governo di Martin sta adesso lavorando per risolvere la questione.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Dublino in prima fila</strong></h2>



<p>Martin, in ogni caso, ha minimizzato gli avvertimenti dell&#8217;intelligence di Dublino che da tempo descrivono la Cina come un &#8220;attore statale ostile&#8221;, preferendo invece adottare una <strong>visione strategica e a lungo termine</strong> con Pechino. Questa strategia ripagherà? È ancora presto per scoprirlo, anche se l&#8217;Irlanda ha a sua volta qualcosa che interessa al governo cinese. </p>



<p>Il Paese europeo ha sviluppato solide competenze nella produzione di alto valore, in particolare nei settori dell&#8217;<strong>elettronica avanzata</strong> e <strong>farmaceutica</strong>. Secondo UN Comtrade, nel 2024 l&#8217;Irlanda ha esportato in Cina macchinari e apparecchiature elettriche per un valore di <strong>4,9 miliardi di dollari</strong>, nonché <strong>2,3 miliardi </strong>di prodotti farmaceutici, per un commercio bilaterale complessivo tra le parti che ha raggiunto quota <strong>23,4 miliardi</strong>. </p>



<p>I più maligni fanno tuttavia anche notare come l&#8217;Irlanda ospiti le sedi europee dei principali <strong>colossi tecnologici statunitensi</strong> &#8211; come Apple, Google, Microsoft, Meta e Amazon &#8211; e ipotizzano che Pechino possa sfruttare un consolidamento dei rapporti con Dublino a proprio favore. </p>



<p>Dal canto suo, Xi ha accolto Martin nella Grande Sala del Popolo di Pechino rivelandogli che un <strong>romanzo irlandese</strong> lo ha aiutato moltissimo durante alcuni degli anni più traumatici della sua adolescenza. Il riferimento è a <em><strong>The Gadfly</strong></em> di <strong>Ethel Lilian Voynich</strong>, un libro pubblicato nel 1897 che racconta la storia di Arthur Burton, un giovane patriota italiano che, dopo una profonda crisi spirituale e la scoperta di essere figlio del cardinale Montanelli, simula la morte e torna sotto l&#8217;identità di &#8220;Tafano&#8221;, un sarcastico rivoluzionario feroce oppositore del dominio austriaco e della Chiesa. </p>



<p>&#8220;Per coincidenza, l&#8217;avevo letto anch&#8217;io quando ero adolescente e uno zio mi aveva regalato una copia della prima edizione. È stato insolito che ci siamo ritrovati a parlare di <em>The Gadfly</em> e del suo impatto su entrambi, ma eccoci qui&#8221;, ha replicato il leader irlandese in un clima cordiale e disteso.</p>



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<p>L'articolo <a href="https://it.insideover.com/politica/perche-anche-lirlanda-guarda-alla-cina.html">Perché anche l’Irlanda guarda alla Cina</a> proviene da <a href="https://it.insideover.com">InsideOver</a>.</p>
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		<title>Can Ireland Survive a Six Week Lockdown?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Snape]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 07:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>As many nations flirt with the possibility of reintroducing national lockdowns, the Sun reports that Ireland has become the first European nation to return to a nationwide shutdown as the number of COVID-19 cases rocket — in a bid to rescue Christmas. Ireland&#8217;s New Lockdown Restrictions From Thursday all non-essential retail businesses in Ireland will &#8230; <a href="https://it.insideover.com/society/can-ireland-survive-a-six-week-lockdown.html">[...]</a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="1920" height="1232" src="https://media.insideover.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Irlanda-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://media.insideover.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Irlanda-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://media.insideover.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Irlanda-300x193.jpg 300w, https://media.insideover.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Irlanda-1024x657.jpg 1024w, https://media.insideover.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Irlanda-768x493.jpg 768w, https://media.insideover.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Irlanda-1536x986.jpg 1536w, https://media.insideover.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Irlanda-2048x1315.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></p><p>As many nations flirt with the possibility of reintroducing national lockdowns, <em>t</em><em>he Sun </em><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12981561/ireland-back-full-lockdown-six-weeks-save-christmas/">reports that </a>Ireland has become the first European nation to return to a nationwide shutdown as the number of COVID-19 cases rocket — in a bid to rescue Christmas.</p>
<h2>Ireland&#8217;s New Lockdown Restrictions</h2>
<p>From Thursday all non-essential retail businesses in Ireland will have to close and bars and restaurants will only be allowed to offer takeaway or delivery.</p>
<p>Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin urged people to support the measures in a last-minute attempt to save Christmas and ensure that retailers could look forward to a &#8216;bumper&#8217; December.</p>
<p>Other measures being implemented include people having to stay within three miles from home.</p>
<p>Less severe measures include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Schools being allowed to remain open, and elite sports like horse racing and Gaelic football will continue.</li>
<li>The building industry will not be halted by the lockdown and people will be able to meet one other household outdoors.</li>
<li>Funerals services will be allowed to admit a maximum of 10 people and weddings will continue to admit 25 guests.</li>
<li>Citizens will be encouraged to work from home unless they are essential workers.</li>
</ul>
<h2>The Irish Government is Pursuing Draconian Measures</h2>
<p>The Irish Government&#8217;s <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/ireland-coronavirus-lockdown-six-weeks/">justification for these measures</a> is based on recent data which confirms that infections are exceeding 260 per 100,000 people over the past two weeks, though that had fallen as low as three per 100,000 in July.</p>
<p>The number of Irish citizens <a href="https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB818GB818&amp;biw=1366&amp;bih=625&amp;sxsrf=ALeKk00tH5KHtOgnEG41UfSDUZglytL1oQ%3A1603285651645&amp;ei=kzKQX7ODJ8qVgQaalZxo&amp;q=total+number+of+covid+deaths+in+ireland&amp;oq=total+number+of+covid+deaths+in+ireland&amp;gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzIFCAAQyQMyBggAEBYQHjoHCCMQ6gIQJzoHCC4Q6gIQJzoHCC4QJxCTAjoECCMQJzoHCAAQyQMQQzoFCAAQkQI6CggAELEDEIMBEEM6CwgAELEDEIMBEJECOggIABCxAxCDAToECAAQQzoFCC4QkQI6CwguELEDEMcBEKMCOgIIADoICC4QsQMQgwE6BQgAELEDOggIABDJAxCRAjoHCC4QsQMQQzoCCC46BAguEEM6EQguELEDEMcBEK8BEMkDEJMCOgcIABAUEIcCOgoIABDJAxAUEIcCUOJ2WP2lAWCgpwFoAXAAeACAAb8BiAGiJZIBBDguMzGYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6sAEKwAEB&amp;sclient=psy-ab&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjzmPW94MXsAhXKSsAKHZoKBw0Q4dUDCA0&amp;uact=5">who have died</a> as a result of the coronavirus has reached 1,865 so far. Since the coronavirus crisis began, Ireland&#8217;s total confirmed cases have so far reached 50,000.</p>
<p>While any number of deaths are regrettable and tragic, it remains questionable as to why Martin has decided to pursue such draconian measures.</p>
<h2>Ireland&#8217;s Lockdown Modelling was Wrong</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/the-hong-kong-pandemic-killed-between-one-million-and-four-million-people-1.4301460">According to the</a> <em>Irish Times, </em>COVID-19 modelling suggested that Ireland would have a 50 percent attack rate and a fatality of 2.5 percent in a worst case influenza scenario. This would have resulted in 78,000 hospitalizations and almost 53,000 deaths. Ireland is currently nowhere near 53,000 deaths and it is worth noting that Irish politicians seem to forget that about the economic impact that lockdowns can have.</p>
<p>At this time of writing, there is no data available to explain how many Irish citizens have died as a result of lockdown itself, but <em>The Daily Telegraph </em>suggests that Britain&#8217;s <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/29/lockdown-has-killed-21000-people-say-experts/">lockdown has killed</a> 21,000 people so far, <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/19/lockdown-may-cost-200k-lives-government-report-shows/">and maybe as</a> many as 200,000. If future figures reveal that Ireland experienced similar numbers as a result of its first lockdown, imagine how many more could die due to a second one.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/majority-of-irish-businesses-fear-second-lockdown-1.4333113">The Central Statistics Office</a> discovered that 54.1 percent of Irish businesses surveyed had lower than normal turnover for the four weeks ending July 26th. <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-ill-have-to-lay-off-staff-how-irish-firms-feel-ahead-of-second-lockdown-12109265">Many business owners</a> also told <em>Sky News </em>that a second lockdown will result in them having to lay off staff.</p>
<h2>Unemployment Will Lead to a Surge in Health Conditions</h2>
<p>The <em>Mises Institute </em><a href="https://mises.org/wire/unemployment-kills-longer-lockdowns-last-worse-it-will-get">referred to a</a> 2014 piece in <em>Harvard Public Health </em>magazine, <a href="https://mises.org/wire/unemployment-kills-longer-lockdowns-last-worse-it-will-get">which found that</a> unemployment can increase the odds of new health conditions such as stroke, hypertension and heart disease by 83 percent. Considering 2,427 and 2,260 Irish citizens <a href="https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/health-news/deaths-ireland-causes-disease-cancer-5494134">died of</a> coronary heart disease and heart attack in 2012, Ireland&#8217;s two lockdowns may trigger a spike in people suffering from heart conditions as a result of the unemployment caused by such draconian measures. Those 2012 figures are higher than the number of people who have died of COVID-19 in Ireland so far, yet the Irish Government did not shut down its economy back then.</p>
<p>With the possibility of a no-deal Brexit looming round the corner and living standards damaged by the 2008 recession, which resulted in Sinn Fein&#8217;s victory earlier this year, it is unlikely that Ireland&#8217;s economy can also cope with a second lockdown alongside these other events.</p>
<p>Taoiseach Martin may be doing what he believes is necessary to stop the spread of a virus, but history may find that lockdowns were far worse than COVID-19 itself in years to come, and that we paid an excessive price to curb a pandemic that is far less deadly than previous ones.</p>
<p>L'articolo <a href="https://it.insideover.com/society/can-ireland-survive-a-six-week-lockdown.html">Can Ireland Survive a Six Week Lockdown?</a> proviene da <a href="https://it.insideover.com">InsideOver</a>.</p>
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