2 weeks Ago By ARA
US President Donald Trump will host Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the White House this Thursday. The far-right leader, who maintains a good relationship with the magnate, is the first European Union leader to visit Washington since the outbreak of the trade war, and her goal is precisely to try to defuse it. As she announced a few days ago, she will propose to Trump the reciprocal elimination of industrial tariffs with the EU member states.
gave a respite to the capitals of the Old Continent, but the complicated mission of the Italian leader is to ensure that the temporary moratorium announced by the President of the United States is indefinite. Meloni thus supports the proposal for zero tariffs presented by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and which in the US has also been suggested to the owner of Tesla and advisor to the president, Elon Musk. The Prime Minister of the country of the boot has recently described Trump's tariff policy as an "absolutely wrong" decision.
But it remains to be seen what her tone will be at this Thursday's meeting, given that, while relations between the new US administration and the EU are going through their most critical moment in decades, The visit will test her mediating skills. While the far-right leader, who along with Hungarian Viktor Orbán was invited to , arrives in Washington with the task of convincing the US president to give preferential treatment to the EU, and will also take advantage of the opportunity to defend Italian interests..
