— There will be a trade agreement, at 100 percent. “ Trump promised. “ Of course there will be a trade agreement. They very much want to make it, and we will make a trade agreement, I full expect, but it will be a fair deal," he said.
Thus Trump was first publically convinced about trade negotiations with Europe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To date, he has prioritised talks with Japan, Korea and another Indo-Pacific countries in hopes of expanding force on China.
Giorgia Meloni, the first European leader to visit the White home since Trump imposed and then halted an extended tariff government against the EU, noted that she could not negociate on behalf of the full 27-member alliance, but suggested that honest talks would pave the way for a final agreement.
"I am certain we can scope an agreement" “She told Meloni journalists at the beginning of the meeting. "I am here to help," she added.
The Italian leader, who comes from the far right in her country, but since taking office has been working closely with EU and NATO partners, has besides invited Trump to visit Italy in the future.
The president of the United States did not spare much praise for Meloni, calling her “a large Prime Minister” and “one of the actual leaders of the world”.
Though the Italian leader coordinating its activities with the EC president Ursula von der Leyen before visiting Washington, any EU officials feared that her visit would jeopardise the united front against the US on trade. They were besides afraid that it would be reasonable for Trump to present a visit as evidence that planet leaders, As he put it a week ago, “they kiss his ass” in consequence to customs threats.
“Every nation wants to meet!” boasted U.S. president on TruthSocial platform before Meloni arrived. “Today Italy!” he added. However, the White home official, who preferred to stay anonymous, explained that the Italian Prime Minister's visit was planned “long before the introduction of duties”, denying Trump's communicative that this was the consequence to his tariff war.
