Tariffs, Tajani: “No to a trade war, united in the EU to defend exports”

Milan, 23 Feb. (LaPresse) – “It is fundamental that the Union presents itself united on the tariff issue, we are in full agreement with the European note in which ‘certainty’ is requested.” This is what Antonio Tajani, Minister of Foreign Affairs, said in an interview with Corriere della Sera, who today will take part in the Council of Foreign Ministers, then in a videoconference at the G7 Trade, and in the afternoon will join the meeting between the Farnesina Trade Task Force and representatives of Italian companies. The first to not want a trade war are “the companies that would gain nothing from it.” When Trump imposed tariffs last summer “it seemed that everything would collapse: in reality, with great effort and capability, Europe managed to face the tariffs, we found an understanding that at this point could also be confirmed. But it is not by raising tones that we obtain agreements that do not harm us. I would like to see what they would do in our place.” “Today, the devaluation of the dollar against the euro risks being more dangerous than the tariffs. The ECB should intervene on the cost of money.”