Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni arrived at Andrews Air Base in Maryland on Wednesday (16), a day before her meeting with President Donald Trump to alleviate US tariff tensions on European products and position himself as a bridge between Washington and Brussels.
Meloni faces an impasse about his ideological relationship with President Amerisano and Italy’s ties with European allies, who criticized Trump’s increase in tariffs and his decision to exclude the European Union from negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine.
Although Meloni is under pressure at home to protect Italy’s economy, which last year had a commercial surplus of about $ 45 billion with the US, it also needs to be seen defending the interests of the entire bloc from 27 EU countries.
Meloni was the only leader of the European bloc invited to Trump’s inauguration in January, and this week’s meeting will take place a day before she hosted Vice President JD Vance in Rome-consecutive conversations that may be crucial to advance in Italian ambitions to play a central role in transatlantic relations.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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