(ANSA) – ROME, FEB 27 – Decisions regarding tariffs need to be taken at a European level, Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday, noting Italy would discuss the issue within the EU to find the best possible solutions to preserve “our interests in a transatlantic relationship that must not deteriorate” while also safeguarding “our interests and our companies”.
“The responses to the issues related to tariffs are at a European level” and “we will talk about it at a European level, we will dialogue and we will try to find the best solutions possible to safeguard our interests in a transatlantic relationship that must not deteriorate”, he said.
“However, we must preserve our interests and our companies and find solutions that allow our realities to be competitive – we have a strategy”, he said.
“We have been working for months on the issue of tariffs” and “we are moving forward, without turmoil but with determination and strength to safeguard our companies – the government is determined”, Tajani concluded.
Meanwhile, Business and Made in Italy Minister Adolfo Urso said on Thursday that “Italy is obviously concerned by an escalation and a potential trade war because we are a great exporting country”, addressing a press conference after a European steel summit in Paris, after he was asked about US President Donald Trump’s threat to introduce tariffs on European Union imports.
Urso recalled that “over the past few years Italy has become the fourth exporting country in the world after Germany, China and the US.
“We have a very positive trade balance with the US.
“Therefore, like other European countries and perhaps even more than other European countries, we want to avoid an escalation and a trade war”, he said. (ANSA).
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“The responses to the issues related to tariffs are at a European level” and “we will talk about it at a European level, we will dialogue and we will try to find the best solutions possible to safeguard our interests in a transatlantic relationship that must not deteriorate”, he said.
“However, we must preserve our interests and our companies and find solutions that allow our realities to be competitive – we have a strategy”, he said.
“We have been working for months on the issue of tariffs” and “we are moving forward, without turmoil but with determination and strength to safeguard our companies – the government is determined”, Tajani concluded.
Meanwhile, Business and Made in Italy Minister Adolfo Urso said on Thursday that “Italy is obviously concerned by an escalation and a potential trade war because we are a great exporting country”, addressing a press conference after a European steel summit in Paris, after he was asked about US President Donald Trump’s threat to introduce tariffs on European Union imports.
Urso recalled that “over the past few years Italy has become the fourth exporting country in the world after Germany, China and the US.
“We have a very positive trade balance with the US.
“Therefore, like other European countries and perhaps even more than other European countries, we want to avoid an escalation and a trade war”, he said. (ANSA).
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