Europe must buy American goods if it wants to prevent a trade war with America, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said today, ANSA news agency reported, quoted by BTA.
If the EU wants to avoid a trade war with Donald Trump, it must buy more from the US, increase defense budgets and reduce regulations to strengthen the EU economy, Tajani said in an interview with "Politico".
The head of Italian diplomacy recalled his meeting with Trump in 2017, when Tajani was president of the European Parliament.
"Trump is much more pragmatic than you think", Tajani said, adding that one way for the EU to deal with the threat of tariffs and avoid them is to created a favorable climate by buying more goods from the United States.