Giorgia Meloni is under pressure from Italy’s EU partners to “choose a side” in the transatlantic trade war as she wields an effective veto over a push by some big member states for Brussels to hit back hard against US tariffs.
The Italian premier — who has friendly ties with US President Donald Trump — is opposing a Franco-German push to escalate the EU’s response to the 20 per cent so-called “reciprocal tariff” to be imposed on its exports.
Paris and Berlin are among member states urging the European Commission to hit US services exports such as technology in response to Trump’s measures affecting more than €360bn of its trade.
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