Government Trade Forum

The Government Trade Forum, established in February 2025 and chaired by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, comprises Government Ministers, State Agencies, business organisations, trade union and other representative groups and was set up to facilitate engagement with key domestic stakeholders on latest and emerging trade developments and opportunities.

• Meeting agendas and minutes
• Terms of reference
• Forum members
• Work Plan 2026
• Government Action Plan on Market Diversification
• Implementation Progress Report for Government Action Plan on Market Diversification (March 2026)
• Work Plan 2025

26 February 2025

• Agenda
• Minutes

21 March 2025

• Agenda
• Minutes

4 April 2025

• Agenda
• Minutes

28 April 2025

• Agenda
• Minutes

19 May 2025

• Agenda
• Minutes

2 July 2025

• Agenda
• Minutes

1 August 2025

• Agenda
• Minutes

10 September 2025

• Agenda
• Minutes

3 November 2025

• Agenda
• Minutes

23 January 2026

• Agenda
• Minutes

2 March 2026

• Agenda
• Minutes

22 April 2026

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Presentation on Accelerating Infrastructure

29 June 2026

• Agenda
• Minutes

The terms of reference for the Government Trade Forum are to:

• Enhance multi-stakeholder policy dialogue to foster a broad understanding of Ireland’s trade opportunities and challenges
• Discuss emerging trade policy developments and their implications for Irish sectors, and Ireland’s trade promotion and market diversification efforts
• Share expertise to inform Ireland’s trade policy and exchange views on country and regional specific developments
• Update members on key developments in international trade and their impact on Ireland.

• Department of the Taoiseach
• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Department of Finance
• Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
• Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment
• Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
• Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
• Bord Bia
• Enterprise Ireland
• IDA Ireland
• InterTradeIreland
• Research Ireland
• Tourism Ireland
• American Chamber of Commerce Ireland
• British Irish Chamber of Commerce
• Chambers Ireland
• France-Ireland Chamber of Commerce
• German-Irish Chamber of Industry and Commerce
• Ibec
• Ireland Spain Economic Association
• Irish Congress of Trade Unions
• Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association
• Irish Exporters Association
• Irish Farmers’ Association
• ISME
• Italian Irish Chamber of Commerce.