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Italy's Meloni seeks EU tariff deal from Trump

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Trump is, however, also expected to raise his demand for NATO allies to spend more on defense -- a huge demand for debt-laden Italy.

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  1. NBC 6 South Florida

    Live updates: Italian PM Giorgia Meloni set to meet Trump amid trade standoff with Europe (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    Meloni will be the first European leader to meet the president since he announced tariffs on European imports. Follow along for live updates.

  2. Digital Journal

    Italy's Meloni seeks EU tariff deal from Trump (opens Digital Journal)

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    Trump is, however, also expected to raise his demand for NATO allies to spend more on defense -- a huge demand for debt-laden Italy.

  3. Breitbart News

    Italy's Meloni Bound for White House and Tariff Talks with Trump (opens Breitbart News)

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    Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni is due in Washington on Thursday to meet with President Donald Trump. She is expected to make a personal appeal for less punitive tariffs on E.U. trade with the world's biggest economy.

  4. CBS News

    Italy (opens CBS News)

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    Trump has lauded Italy's right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as a "fantastic leader." Their affinity has put pressure on the EU flag-bearer as she heads to the White House.

  5. The Guardian

    Giorgia Meloni to try to act as bridge between EU and US with Trump meeting (opens The Guardian)

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    Italian PM’s summit with US president provokes trepidation among some European allies

  6. Daily Journal

    Italy's Meloni will test her mettle as EU-US bridge when she meets Trump in Washington (opens Daily Journal)

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    MILAN (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni will test her mettle as a bridge between the EU and the United States when she meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on Thursday, the first European leader to have a face-to-face with Trump since he announced, and then suspended, 20% ta…

  7. Breitbart News

    Italy's Meloni, Trump talk up EU trade deal hopes (opens Breitbart News)

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    Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and US President Donald Trump talked up the chances of cutting a tariff deal for the European Union, as Rome's

  8. NBC Los Angeles

    Italy's ‘Trump whisperer' Giorgia Meloni to meet U.S. president amid trade standoff with Europe (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    Meloni’s visit to Washington makes her the first European leader to meet the president since he announced tariffs on European imports earlier this month.

  9. New York Post

    Trump vows ‘there will be a trade deal, 100%’ with Europe as Italy PM Georgia Meloni visits White House (opens New York Post)

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    Meloni, 48, is the first European leader to meet with Trump, 78, since he announced last week that his "Liberation Day" suite of reciprocal tariffs would be paused for 90 days.

  10. FOX 5 DC

    Italy’s Premier Meloni to meet Trump in DC in attempt to strengthen EU-US relations (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is set to meet President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, positioning herself as a key link between the European Union and the United States.

  11. NBC News

    Hard-right friendships tested as Italy's Giorgia Meloni seeks a break on trade from Trump (opens NBC News)

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    Meloni is latest in a string of world leaders to arrive in Washington for talks with Trump following his aborted global trade war.

  12. Digital Journal

    Italy's Meloni heads to White House seeking EU tariff deal (opens Digital Journal)

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    Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni heads to Washington on Thursday to meet with Donald Trump, hoping a personal charm offensive can help convince the

  13. Green Field Reporter

    Italy's Meloni will test her mettle as EU-US bridge when she meets Trump in Washington - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    MILAN (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni will test her mettle as a bridge between the EU and the United States when she meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on Thursday, the first European leader to have a face-to-face with Trump since he announced, and then suspended, 20% ta…

  14. Breitbart News

    Watch Live: Donald Trump Meets with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni (opens Breitbart News)

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    President Donald Trump meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office on Thursday, April 17.

  15. RedState

  16. WMUR

    Trump to meet Italy's prime minister amid tariff tensions (opens WMUR)

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    President Donald Trump will meet with Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni at the White House Thursday to discuss new tariffs on the European Union.

  17. NPR

    Italy's Meloni will test her mettle as EU-U.S. bridge when she meets with Trump (opens NPR)

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    Meloni secured the meeting at a critical juncture in the trade war. As the right-wing leader of her party she has, in a sense, been "knighted" to represent the European Union in meetings with Trump.

  18. UPI

    Italian PM Giorgia Meloni to meet with Trump to talk EU tariffs (opens UPI)

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    Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was in Washington D.C. Thursday to meet with President Donald Trump to talk about the tariffs he levied on the European Union.

  19. Roll Call

    Trump puts Italy’s Meloni in high-pressure role as bridge to EU on tariffs (opens Roll Call)

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    President Trump has made Italian leader Meloni his trade liaison to the EU, but she made clear Thursday there are limits to that role.

  20. FOX Business

    Italy's Meloni goes to Washington for tariff huddle with Trump (opens FOX Business)

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    Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will meet with President Trump in a move to ease the escalating tariff war between Washington and he EU.

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