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Giorgia Meloni's White House Meeting Hopes to Ease US-EU Trade Tensions

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has become the first European leader to meet with President Donald Trump since he announced 20% tariffs on European exports. The meeting, which took place on April 17, was seen as an effort by Meloni to establish a relationship with Trump and potentially position herself as a bridge between the EU and the US amidst strained relations.

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  1. FR
    Marc Ferracci
    1. If we start having bilateral discussions, obviously it will break the current dynamic.
  2. IT
    Giorgia Meloni
    Brothers of Italy
    1. We know we are in a difficult moment.
    2. The goal for me is to make the West great again, and I think we can do it together.
    3. I'm proud of sitting here as prime minister of an Italy that today has a very good situation - a stable country, a reliable country.
    4. When I speak of the West, I am not only speaking geographicallybut as a civilization.
    5. Italy is going to the next summit of Nato announcing that it raised to 2 per cent as was ­requested.
    6. Things are changing, thanks also to Italy lowering rates of immigration, so I'm optimistic on that.
  3. IT
    Enrico Borghi
    Italia Viva
    1. The advice from the opposition is that the prime minister returns home with reopened negotiations between the US and EU that will guarantee a framework of relative tranquility to our economic and productive system, which has been weakened by what is a real trade war.
  4. US
    Donald Trump
    Republican Party
    1. Everybody wants to make a deal − and if they don't want to make a deal, we'll make the deal for them.
    2. Europe as you know is committed to do more, is working on tools to allow and help the member states in increasing the defence spending and we are convinced that everyone has to do more.
    3. Europe has gone through a lot of problems and a lot of it's having to do with immigration, and I'm not a big fan of Europe and what they've done with immigration at all. I think they've got to get smart because Europe is being very badly hurt by what they've done with immigration.
  5. BE
    Fabian Zuleeg
    European Policy Center
    1. There is the whole trade agenda, and while she's not officially negotiating, we know that Trump likes to have this kind of informal exchange, which in a sense is a negotiation. So it's a lot on her plate.
  6. IT
    Antonio Villafranca
    ISPI
    1. For example, Italy could even consider importing more gas from the US.
    2. All in all, I think she will focus on the very strong economic and trade relations that Italy has with the United States, not just in terms of exports, but also services and energy.
  7. IT
    Federiga Bindi
    University of Rome Tor Vergata
    1. I think Meloni is trying to apply the lessons from [former Italian Prime Minister Silvio] Berlusconi. Just like she is today, he was an outcast of European politics. [Berlusconi] leveraged his relationship with George W Bush.
    2. Berlusconi managed to pull it. I am not sure if Meloni can manage to pull it [with Trump]. What's different is that Berlusconi had a real friendship with Bush, which is pretty impossible to have with Trump.

Italy-US Relations

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sources

  1. 1.Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA)
  2. 2.The Washington Post
  3. 3.France 24
  4. 4.Le Monde
  5. 5.The Guardian
  6. 6.Al Jazeera
  7. 7.BBC
  8. 8.CNA News
  9. 9.The Times
  10. 10.Agence France-Presse
  11. 11.ANSA
  12. 12.Die Zeit

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.US under Donald Trump
  3. 3.2024 US Presidential Election
  4. 4.US Politics
  5. 5.Iran Foreign Policy
  6. 6.Trade Agreement
  7. 7.Italian Foreign Policy
  8. 8.Multilateralism
  9. 9.US-EU relations
  10. 10.Italy under Georgia Meloni
  11. 11.Italian politics

countries

  1. 1.ChinaCN
  2. 2.GermanyDE
  3. 3.FranceFR
  4. 4.IrelandIE
  5. 5.ItalyIT
  6. 6.Russian FederationRU
  7. 7.UkraineUA
  8. 8.United StatesUS
  9. 9.Holy See (Vatican City State)VA

organizations

  1. 1.White HouseUS
  2. 2.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  3. 3.European Commission
  4. 4.European Union
  5. 5.European Policy Center
  6. 6.Republican Party
  7. 7.YouTubeUS
  8. 8.Federal Reserve SystemUS
  9. 9.ISPI
  10. 10.Parma
  11. 11.Teneo
  12. 12.University of Rome Tor Vergata

persons

  1. 1.Giorgia MeloniIT
  2. 2.Donald TrumpUS
  3. 3.Ursula Von Der LeyenDE
  4. 4.Silvio Berlusconi
  5. 5.James David VanceUS
  6. 6.Fabian ZuleegBE
  7. 7.Scott BessentUS
  8. 8.Volodymyr ZelenskiyUA
  9. 9.Alan Fisher
  10. 10.Antonio VillafrancaIT
  11. 11.Benito Mussolini
  12. 12.Carlo Calenda

technicals

  1. 1.Oval Office
  2. 2.Trans-Atlantic Partnership
  3. 3.Parmigiano Reggiano
  4. 4.Mar-A-Lago Club
  5. 5.Liberation Day
  6. 6.Make America Great Again
  7. 7.Munich Security Conference