Italian PM, Meloni to meet Trump amid US- Europe trade tensions

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will travel to the White House for a meeting on Thursday with US President Donald Trump, requesting to ease tensions over US tariffs on European goods and position herself as a bridge between Washington and Brussels.

Meloni is walking a tightrope between her ideological affinity to the president and her ties with European allies, who have criticised Trump’s tariff hikes and his decision to exclude the EU from talks with Russia to end…