The visit of Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to the White House is arousing great interest among international observers. The good relations established with the American President Donald Trump, in fact, could have positive effects also for the relations between Washington and Brussels.
After months of tensions transatlantic tensions, the political climate is progressively improving even if significant differences remain on some thorny issues. There is indeed a considerable divergence of interests in many areas between the United States and the European Union. The most complex files concern economic and energy policies and, last but not least, the matter of import duties. The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, said at the end of the last week’s meeting with Trump that he was in favor of easing trade tensions with Washington, even if at the moment the terms of the agreement remain smoky.
There has been a general discussion in the joint declaration about reducing trade barriers between the US and Europe and eliminating tariffs on many products, but excluding the automotive sector, so a reference was made to a revision of the WTO, considered obsolete.
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