Italy is fully behind the
European Commission as it prepares its response to US President
Donald Trump's tariffs and negotiates to avert a trade war,
Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on
Monday.
"We must work to avoid a trade war, which would be disastrous
for the US and our companies," Tajani said on the way into a
European Trade Council meeting. "We have to negotiate, the EU
has to negotiate united.
"Italy will support all the initiatives of (Trade) Commissioner
(Maros) Sefcovic, in whom we have extreme trust".
Forza Italia leader Tajani reiterated that the Italian
government has no intention of putting the European Commission
"in difficulty".
There is speculation that Premier Giorgia Meloni may flight out
to Washington soon to meet Trump, with whom she has friendly
relations, at the White House and seek to act as a 'bridge'
between the US administration and Brussels.
On Monday Meloni is set to hold a meeting of her "taskforce" of
senior ministers whose briefs are affected by the tariffs,
including Tajani and her other deputy premier, Transport
Minister and League leader Matteo Salvini.
The premier has said she will call on the EU to revise the Green
Deal and suspend the measures regarding the auto sector in the
light of the tariffs.
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