The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will today host the EU Commissioner for Trade, Maroš Šefčovič, at Villa Madama. The meeting follows the Commissioner’s talks yesterday with the Prime Minister.
The agenda will include discussions on transatlantic economic relations and the implementation of the EU–US agreement on tariffs, European economic security, and the supply of critical raw materials and rare earths. Talks will also focus on new free trade agreements, including the one currently being finalised between the EU and MERCOSUR, which is expected to deliver significant benefits for European businesses and to enhance the growth and competitiveness of the EU economy.
Minister Tajani and Commissioner Šefčovič will also meet with around thirty senior representatives of Italy’s industrial and manufacturing sectors. The meeting will provide an opportunity for direct dialogue between the Commissioner and leading figures from Italy’s industrial and agri-food systems, including representatives of the pasta industry, on the prospects for European trade policy.
In this context, the discussions will also review the anti-dumping duties recently announced by the United States on Italian pasta, and the ongoing dialogue with the US authorities — supported by the EU — aimed at securing a revision of that decision. These matters are being coordinated within the Italian Foreign Ministry’s Tariff Task Force.
