Italy PM Meloni warns against 'trade war within the West'

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni warned connected Sunday (July 13, 2025) against the cognition of a "trade warfare wrong the West", pursuing U.S. President Donald Trump's announcements of 30% tariffs connected EU products.

"A commercialized warfare wrong the West would weaken america each successful the look of the planetary challenges we are confronting together," Ms. Meloni said successful a connection released by her office.

"Europe has the economical and fiscal spot to asseverate its presumption and scope a just and sensible agreement," she said.

"Italy volition bash its part. As always," she added, arsenic the EU holds disconnected connected a effect successful the hopes of reaching an agreement.

Mr. Trump announced connected Saturday that products imported into the United States from the European Union and Mexico would beryllium taxable to 30 percent tariffs starting August 1.

Since then, Italian absorption parties person criticized Ms. Meloni and her far-right enactment Brothers of Italy, portion absorption Five Star Movement person Giuseppe Conte accusing her of "bowing her head" to Washington's threats.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated that Brussels would not retaliate against U.S. tariffs connected alloy and aluminium for now, hoping to unafraid a woody to debar broader 30-percent levy connected each its exported products.