"High-ranking EU diplomat blames global crises for late for parliament Italian abroad Minister Antonio Tajani gave 2 wars and a trade dispute as the origin of the delay."

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Italian Minister for abroad Affairs Antonio Tajani © Getty Images / Mondadori Portfolio / Collaborator

Italian abroad Minister Antonio Tajani lamented the overwhelming global crises, calling himself "the luckiest minister in history."

Tajani made these comments on Tuesday after being late for a conference in the Italian Parliament devoted to democracy and parliamentaryism in the Mediterranean region.Apologizing to the contestants, he said it was a hard day.

"The Minister of abroad Affairs has the worst bad luck in past – always something happens: 2 wars plus 1 trade" said Tajani, seemingly referring to the conflict in Ukraine, escalation in the mediate East and trade tensions with the US.This week, Tajani confirmed the function of Italy in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine in an article published by the Formiche portal.

Reuters reports that Rome is preparing to announce financial support for companies active in the reconstruction process.The war in the Gaza Strip remains another serious origin of diplomatic tension for EU governments, including Italy, torn between calls for ceasefire and the continuation of Western arms agreements with Israel.Tajani's statements besides appear erstwhile the EU – the largest U.S. trading partner – prepares for the anticipation that president Donald Trump will implement his global duties on the occasion ‘The Day of Liberation’, announced for the first time on April 2. Trump repeatedly described the block as “very hard to control” and U.S. trade deficit as "totally unacceptable".

He imposed a 20% work on all EU goods, as well as a 25% work on cars and metals.

20% of the work was suspended on 9 April for a period of 90 days, with a 10% base work inactive in force.Customs duties were to enter into force on 9 July and increase to 50% unless agreement was reached.

However, this week Trump extended the deadline until 1 August and began issuing formal work notifications to trading partners.Brussels, which repeatedly warned against retaliation, hoped to scope an agreement "in the coming days’.

However, Italian economical minister Giancarlo Giorgetti, quoted by the BBC, stated that the talks stay "very complicated” And they can drag to the last minute.

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source:https://www.rt.com/news/621258-italy-foreign-minister-wars-complain/

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