“I judge positively that an agreement has been reached, because a trade escalation between the US and the EU would have had potentially devastating consequences”. Thus Giorgia Meloni, on the sidelines of the UN summit on food systems in Addis Ababa,

"The 15% tariff base, if it includes previous tariffs, which averaged around 4-5%—unlike what a 10% agreement envisaged, which added previous tariffs—is, in my opinion, a sustainable base," he emphasizes, adding that, however,"we need to delve into the details." "We need to study the details of the agreement and work on it, because yesterday's agreement is not legally binding. Following this work, at the national and European levels, we will need to work to help those sectors that could be particularly impacted" by these decisions.

According to Meloni,"there's still a fight to be had," and Italy and Europe should sit down and "continue working toward the best possible agreement." "I believe the European level is also important, not only in terms of assistance to those sectors that may be experiencing greater difficulties, but also in terms of what we can do for ourselves: the issue of simplification, the single market."

“There is a whole job on which the European Union can no longer waste time, we must speed up and try to compensate for any possible limitations”, concludes the Prime Minister.