Will the EU resolve a customs dispute with the USA before Easter? On Thursday, US President Donald Trump will accept the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Melonia in the White House. A politician from the right-wing-capulistian party brothers Italians He gets along well with both Trump and the chairwoman of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. Therefore, there are high hopes for her mission.
One for the European side, however, is clear: Melons can solve the issue of suspended duties only if he presents Trump with an attractive offer that he will be able to sell to his countrymen as a victory.
Until now, the elements of this have been secretly agreed. Only made public Threats of remedies In the event that Trump was not ready to give up – such as a new tax on American internet giants, such as Google, Meta or Amazon. In other words, the proverbial “stick”.
But what about carrots?
The core of the contract
Now it turned out that Brussels discreetly asked in the main capitals of the EU if the governments would be ready buy more weapons and gas from the USA.
The purchase of an American weapon under the EU (Readiness 2030) arms program would mean a departure from previous plans to prefer shopping from the European arms industry. Scope of orders: up to EUR 150 billion (PLN 644 billion).
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Because Melons is the first person from Europe to sit at the Trump table, the Italy's answer was particularly expected. Rome gave green light for both proposals, reports the daily “Corriere della Sera”. Berlin signals are also positive.
This means that if Paris does not prevent you from, the EU Commissioner for Trade Maros Sefcovic went to Washington and wants to talk to his American equivalent of a new approach as soon as possible, which can crush the US sales deficit with the EU.
Target
Diplomats in Brussels hope that Trump may also be interested rapid solution after serious turmoil on financial markets.
After the introduction of customs by Trump, the Italian Prime Minister announced that her government would work on an agreement with Washington to prevent the trade war. In her opinion, such a war would weaken the West. Trump's decision was considered wrong.
She also indicated that she wanted to raise the issue of China with Trump. The Meloni line clearly does not correspond to the line of the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, which at the end of the week went to meet the Chinese dictator XI Jinping. The Italian wants to prevent the EU's conclusion with Beijing in a customs dispute, which is another reason why she wants to quickly repair relations with Washington.
Melons formulated its goal as follows: Solution “0 to 0”, i.e. the abolition of all duties on both sides of the Atlantic. For all those who know little about football: “0: 0” is a standard result of a strong defensive squadra azzurra. So you can say that this is an Italian specialty.
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