Giorgia Meloni reiterates that the away to the duties announced by Donald Trump is one wrong choicebut responding to the United States with other rates is not the best option. At the end of an emergency day at Palazzo Chigi dedicated to the customs barriers introduced by the USA, the Prime Minister spoke of the Contrudosses of the Italian Government in an interview with TG1.
In the morning, the premier had canceled all the commitments by urgently convening a task force of ministers just to decide how to manage the dossier duties.
Giorgia Meloni’s words
“I think the choice of the United States is a wrong choice, which does not favor the European economy nor the American economy, but I also think that We must not feed alarmism that I am feeling in these hours “.
In the interview, the Premier stressed that the US one is an important market for Italian exports. In fact, 10% of the total of our exports applies: “We we will not stop exporting in the United States “.
A new great obstacle to overcome, in a very tense and complex geopolitical climate. At the same time, however, Giorgia Meloni supports how some parts are exaggerating in the reactions: “It is not the catastrophe, in short, that some are telling”.
The response to Trump’s duties
Giorgia Meloni underlined the need to share the proposals of the Italian government in response to US duties with the partners of the European Union, but that the decisions “may be different”.
“For example, I am not convinced that the best choice is that of respond to duties with other dutiesbecause the impact could be greater on our economy than what happens outside our borders. And you have to open a frank discussion, on the merits, with the Americans with the goal from my point of view to come to remove the duties, not to multiply them “.
A divergent line from the reaction of the president of the Ursula von der Leyen commission who, in response to the duties of 20% with which Donald Trump decided to hit the European Union, promised a retaliation without discounts against the USA. This through a countermeasures already ready to value 28 billion.
The next moves
Meloni also exposed i next steps of the government in front of the commercial war inaugurated by Donald Trump, starting from a study “on the real impact which, sector by sector, has this choice”.
Has announced the opening of a comparison table with the associations of companies and productive categories, to identify the best solutions.
However, the Prime Minister did not limit himself to criticizing the move of the White House, but caught the jump ball also to pull a stocked in Brussels, “because while we treat with the Americans, there are many things we can do for Remove self -imposed duties from the European Union “.
“I quote, for example, the ideological rules that cannot be shared on the Green Deal automotive sector. The automotive is now affected by the duties. Cito the energy, which is a factor of competitiveness on which we must have much more courage. I cite simplification, because we are suffocated by the rules and quote the stability pact”.
Regarding the latter, the premier said that a revision “would be necessary at this point”.
