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 | | Emigration, long a vital element in the relationship, has declined significantly with Ireland's economic boom in the 1990s, and immigration to Ireland, especially of non-Europeans, is a growing phenomenon with political, economic, and social consequences. |
 | | Ireland offers good long-term growth prospects for U.S. companies under an innovative financial incentive program, including capital grants and favorable tax treatment, such as a 10% corporation income tax rate for manufacturing firms and certain financial services firms. |
 | | Generally welcomed by nationalists, it was rejected by unionists, who disparaged it as a "blueprint for a united Ireland." Despite the negative unionist reaction, the two governments tried to launch the negotiating process by announcing they would hold a series of bilaterals with all the constitutional parties in the north. |
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