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Trump, Italian leader express confidence U.S.-E.U. trade deal will be reached

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Agreed. Once Trump realised that he doesn’t hold all the cards he will capitulationify.
Ahem. They are coming to Trump to negotiate during the 90 day pause. That isn’t weakness on Trumps part.
 
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Your victory round threads would ring less hollow if Trump had achieved anything with is Ukraine Russia War peace talks.

Until an actual deal has been signed, I don't think this is worth the internet bandwidth.
 
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Trump, Italian leader express confidence U.S.-E.U. trade deal will be reached


Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Donald Trump each expressed optimism Thursday that negotiations between the United States and the European Union would lead to a trade deal before the end of Trump’s 90-day pause on some tariffs.

Giorgia Meloni does not possess the authority to negotiate a trade agreement with the United States independently. Italy's position is one of 28 member votes within the European Union. The European Union most likely negotiate a trade deal with the USA, which President Trump will present as a significant achievement.

Ultimately, this tariff policy should not have been implemented. President Trump initiated the issue and then changed his stance, leading potentially to a superficial agreement between the US, Europe, and several other countries. He will likely announce this as a success, and his supporters will view it as fulfilling a promise.

The whole thing is nothing but a joke!
 
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Your victory round threads would ring less hollow if Trump had achieved anything with is Ukraine Russia War peace talks.

Until an actual deal has been signed, I don't think this is worth the internet bandwidth.

Yesterday Secretary Rubio stated that the United States has other priorities beyond the Russia-Ukraine conflict, suggesting no peace deal is imminent.
 
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Yesterday Secretary Rubio stated that the United States has other priorities beyond the Russia-Ukraine conflict, suggesting no peace deal is imminent.
It's so much easier to cheer someone stating expectations of success than cheering actual success.
 
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Giorgia Meloni does not possess the authority to negotiate a trade agreement with the United States independently.
Absolutely no one said she did.
Italy's position is one of 28 member votes within the European Union. The European Union most likely negotiate a trade deal with the USA, which President Trump will present as a significant achievement.
Which it would be.
Ultimately, this tariff policy should not have been implemented. President Trump initiated the issue and then changed his stance, leading potentially to a superficial agreement between the US, Europe, and several other countries. He will likely announce this as a success, and his supporters will view it as fulfilling a promise.
Thanks for your opinion -
The whole thing is nothing but a joke!
Ok -
 
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Trump, Italian leader express confidence U.S.-E.U. trade deal will be reached


Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Donald Trump each expressed optimism Thursday that negotiations between the United States and the European Union would lead to a trade deal before the end of Trump’s 90-day pause on some tariffs.
1. There has to be a trade agreement with EU which Italy part of.
2. It took the Trump admin 18 months to renegotiate NAFTA to the USMCA agreement.
3. If there is anything agreed within a 90 window given the claims of negotiating over 70 countries, it won't be much change.
 
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Italy's Meloni says Trump will visit Rome and consider meeting EU


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to an official visit to Rome and will consider also meeting representatives of the European Union while there, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday in the Oval Office.​
Meloni's U.S. trip came amid a tariff row between Washington and Brussels and was seen as an attempt to facilitate dialogue and leverage the good relationship between the two leaders following a U.S. decision to pause most duties for 90 days.​
 
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1. We already have an trade agreement with Italy which is part of the EU.
Which is now being re-negotiated to benefit the US even more. Promises made - Promises Kept
2. It took the Trump admin 18 months to renegotiate NAFTA to the USMCA agreement.
And???
3. If there is anything agreed within a 90 window given the claims of negotiating over 70 countries, it won't be much change.
FYI - the EU as already stated is 28 countries -
 
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EU ‘ready to negotiate’ on Trump tariffs, von der Leyen says


The European Union is “ready to negotiate” with the United States after President Trump issued sweeping tariffs last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a press conference Monday.
“This is a major turning point for the United States,” she said. “Nonetheless, we stand ready to negotiate with the United States.”​
“We have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods — as we have successfully done with many other trading partners — because Europe is always ready for a good deal, so we keep it on the table.”
 
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Which is now being re-negotiated to benefit the US even more. Promises made - Promises Kept

And???

FYI - the EU as already stated is 28 countries -
Promises kept means something done. Press conferences are not completed trade deals. Trump et al are not going to hammer out a trade deal with 70 something countries in 90 days. And yes, and again, it took the US 18 months to hammer out a deal with just two countries. Now imagine with 28.
 
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Promises kept means something done. Press conferences are not completed trade deals. Trump et al are not going to hammer out a trade deal with 70 something countries in 90 days. And yes, and again, it took the US 18 months to hammer out a deal with just two countries. Now imagine with 28.
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A newspaper pronouncement. Promises kept means something actually coming to fruition. Again, Italy is not a stand alone country given the EU. Come back when someone actually has an agreement, and we can both look at it and see if it is actually better than any existing agreement.
 
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A newspaper pronouncement. Promises kept means something actually coming to fruition. Again, Italy is not a stand alone country given the EU. Come back when someone actually has an agreement, and we can both look at it and see if it is actually better than any existing agreement.
I have no doubt that anything that happened will be - to slow - not enough - or attributable to someone or something else.
 
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I have no doubt that anything that happened will be - to slow - not enough - or attributable to someone or something else.
We shall see.
The point is, before declaring promises kept, may help if something actually got done.
They have literally created a self inflicted quagmire.
 
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Absolutely no one said she did.

Which it would be.

Thanks for your opinion -

Ok -

While I would like to claim credit for these opinion, they are not solely mine; they represent the consensus among economists worldwide. Since the beginning of the tariff war, stock exchanges from New York to Toronto, Japan to Hong Kong have decreased significantly. The United States alone has lost over 4 trillion in wealth since the initiation of the tariff policies.

They are not opinions, but facts.
 
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