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Italy PM Meloni seeks to break tariff impasse with Trump on visit to US

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Italy’s Prime Minster Giorgia Meloni (centre) and Argentina’s President Javier Milei (left) attend Mr Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, on Jan 20, 2025.

Italy’s Prime Minster Giorgia Meloni (centre) and Argentina’s President Javier Milei (left) attending Mr Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington, on Jan 20.

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has become the first European leader to visit the US since President Donald Trump announced a tariff war on global trade.

Ms Meloni considers herself a Trump soulmate; both leaders belong to the far-right strand of politics.

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