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Meloni questions wisdom of responding to U.S. tariffs with EU tariffs

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks to the media at the end of a European Union leaders’ special summit to discuss Ukraine and European defence, in Brussels, Belgium March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/File Photo

ROME (Reuters)

The European Union needs to be pragmatic and seek common ground on tariffs with the United States to avert a trade war, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told parliament on Tuesday.

“I am not sure it is good to respond to U.S. tariffs with EU tariffs,” she said ahead of an EU summit in Brussels later this week.

Meloni also said the European Union needed to introduce structural measures swiftly to curb high energy costs.

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