The introduction of new U.S. tariffs would hit Italian producers hard, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said in Rome on Wednesday, adding that every effort should be made to avoid a trade war. U.S. President Donald Trump was expected to announce sweeping new tariffs on global trading partners later in the day,

Italy's right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni considers the introduction of new tariffs by US President Donald Trump to be a "wrong" measure that benefits neither the United States nor Europe. In a Facebook post on Wednesday,

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called US trade tariffs a mistake but said their impact shouldn't be overstated. She said that responding with more tariffs might not be the best approach.