Giorgia Meloni said Donald Trump had accepted her invitation for an official trip to Rome, as the pair met in Washington in an attempt by the Italian prime minister to bridge the gap between the EU and US amid trade tariff tensions.
Meloni said Trump’s trip could happen “in the near future” and could present an opportunity for him to meet other European leaders.
“The goal for me is to make the west great again,” Meloni said.
Trump opened the summit in the Oval Office on Thursday by saying Meloni was “doing a fantastic job” and had “taken Europe by storm”, adding that she “has become a friend”.
Trump and Meloni had earlier both expressed optimism about resolving the EU-US trade conflict. The EU faces 25% import tariffs on steel and aluminium and cars, and broader tariffs on almost all other goods, under Trump’s policy to hit countries he says impose high barriers to US imports.
“I am sure we can make a deal and I am here to help with that,” Meloni said before the summit.
Trump said that broadly speaking he expected he would make an announcement about trade deals but he was in no rush. “We’re going to have very little problem making a deal with Europe or anybody else, because we have something that everybody wants,” Trump said.
Before leaving for Washington, Meloni discussed the summit with the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen.
Germany’s outgoing chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and his successor, Friedrich Merz, also discussed the meeting with Meloni, according to reports in the German edition of Politico. Scholz failed to get a meeting with Trump and Merz’s request is reportedly pending.
Meloni had previously described Trump’s tariffs on EU goods as “wrong” but she appears to be taking a more cautious approach as she manages a delicate balancing act between her political ideals, which are more in tune with Trump’s, and Italy’s role within the EU.
The meeting provoked trepidation among some of Italy’s European allies as well as Meloni’s domestic opposition amid fears their closeness risks jeopardising the bloc’s unified approach to the tariffs and other issues.
Enrico Borghi, a politician with the centrist Italia Viva party, told a TV talkshow: “The advice from the opposition is that the prime minister returns home with reopened negotiations between the US and EU that will guarantee a framework of relative tranquility to our economic and productive system, which has been weakened by what is a real trade war.”
Italy is the third-largest exporter to the US from the EU. Meloni’s office denied she would seek special tariff exemptions on Italian products. Italy has strong economic ties with the US that go beyond exports, including foreign direct investments.
The summit was expected to address Trump’s demand that Nato partners increase military spending to 2% of GDP. Italy is at 1.49%, among the lowest in Europe.
It was Meloni’s third visit to the White House, with the two previous occasions taking place during Joe Biden’s administration.
She will return to Rome in time to meet on Friday Trump’s vice-president, JD Vance, whose blistering attack on Europe at the Munich Security Conference in February she has defended.
Vance will also meet Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, during his Easter weekend visit.
 you need to make rendering of this article sticking to this plan: when is visit was, where, who, main aim of the visit, what discussed, outcome of talks, briefly sum up.     10-12 sentences. use this words to write rendering: to arrive – прибывать, приезжать
- to arrive in (a country, a city)
- to arrive at (a station, an airport)
- arrival – прибытие
2. an invitation – приглашение
- at the invitation – по приглашению
- to accept an invitation – принять приглашение
- to reject / to turn down an invitation – отклонить приглашение
- to convey an invitation – передать приглашение
3. a stay – пребывание

4. a counterpart – коллега, человек, выполняющий аналогичные обязанности
или занимающий аналогичный пост в другой стране
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- an envoy – посланник
- a negotiator – участник переговоров
- a mediator – посредник (to play a mediation role between)
- a representative – представитель
- a spokesman – пресс-секретарь
- an aide – помощник
- an adviser – советник
- an official – официальное лицоan ambassador – посол (British Ambassador to Moscow – посол
Великобритании в Москве)
5. a visit – визит
- the itinerary for a visit – программа визита
- an (un)official visit – (не)официальный визит
- a working visit – рабочий визит
- a three-day visit – трехдневный визит
- a weeklong visit – недельный визит
- a return visit – ответный визит
- a visit of good will – визит доброй воли
- to arrive in (a place) for a visit – прибыть с визитом
- to be on a visit to a country – находиться с визитом в стране
- to be in (a place) on a visit – находиться в (место) с визитом
- to pay (make) a visit – нанести визит
- to kick off / start a visit – начать визит

6. to leave for home – отбыть на родину
7. talks (negotiations) – переговоры
- talks on the Middle East переговоры по Ближнему Востоку
- in the course of the talks – в ходе (процессе) переговоров
- on the agenda of talks – на повестке переговоров
- formal talks – официальные переговоры
- informal talks – неофициальные переговоры
- one-on-one talks – переговоры один на один
- closed-doors talks – закрытые переговоры
- lengthy talks – продолжительные переговоры
- prospective talks – ожидаемые переговоры bilateral talks – двусторонние переговоры
- trilateral / tripartite talks – трехсторонние переговоры
- multilateral / multiparty talks – многосторонние переговоры
- summit(top-level, high-level talks) – переговоры на высшем уровне
- emergency talks – чрезвычайные / экстренные переговоры
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- direct talks – прямые переговоры
- preliminary talks – предварительные переговоры
- fruitful talks – плодотворные переговоры
- fruitless talks – безрезультатные переговоры
- to set up talks – назначить / установить переговоры
- to attend / take part in talks – участвовать в переговорах
- to hold ( have, carry out) talks – проводить переговоры
- to restart (resume, revive, rekindle) talks – возобновить переговоры
- to pull out (walk out) of talks – выйти из переговоров
- to adjourn / postpone talks – переносить переговоры
- to suspend talks –приостановить переговоры
- to halt talks – остановить переговоры
- to cancel talks – отменить переговоры
- to freeze talks / to put negotiations on ice – заморозить переговоры
- to imperil talks – подвергать опасности переговоры
- to accelerate talks – ускорить переговоры
- to call a new round of talks – назначить новый раунд переговоров
- the talks face pitfalls and hurdles – переговоры стоят перед угрозой
попасть в западню
- the talks failed / collapsed / broke down– переговоры провалились the outcome of talks – результат переговоров
8. relations / ties / links – отношения / связи
- to establish diplomatic relations – установить дипломатические
отношения
- to break off / sever relations – разорвать отношения
- severance of diplomatic relations – разрыв дипломатических
отношений
- to improve strained / tense relations – налаживать напряженные
отношения
- to develop relations – развивать отношения
- to normalize relations – нормализовать отношения
- to reset relations – перезагрузить отношения
- to reorder relations (across all spheres) – перестроить отношения (во
всех областях)
- to restore diplomatic relations – восстановить дипломатические
отношения
- to have a cold spell in relations – иметь охлаждение в отношениях
- to sour / worsen / deteriorate relations – ухудшить отношения
- to aggravate relations – обострять отношения
- to exacerbate relations – вызывать опасное обострение отношений9. to welcome – приветствовать (встречать)
- he was welcomed by – его приветствовал(и)
- to give smb. a warm welcome – оказать к-л теплый прием
- to get a warm welcome – получить теплый прием
10. cordial – сердечный, радушный
- cordiality – сердечность, радушие
- in an atmosphere of cordiality – в сердечной атмосфере
- in a friendly /amiable atmosphere – в дружелюбной атмосфере
- in a hostile / tense atmosphere – в напряженной атмосфере
11. to be accompanied by – в сопровождении
12. to exchange – обменивать(ся)
- to exchange opinions (views) on – обмениваться мнениями
(взглядами) по (проблеме)
- a frank exchange of views – откровенный / открытый обмен
мнениями
- to exchange visits – обмениваться визитами
13. to attach great importance to – придавать большое значение
- to accord significance to – придавать важность
14. an issue – проблема
- disputable / contentious / moot / controversial – спорный
- topical / key / acute / crucial – актуальный, злободневный
- urgent – срочный
- primordial (pivotal) – первостепенной важности
- current – текущий
- an issue of mutual interest – вопрос, представляющий взаимный
интерес
15. a matter – дело / вопрос
- regional and international matters – региональные и международные проблемы
- a matter of dispute – спорный вопрос