Italy maintains a 40 billion euro trade surplus with the United States ... to address Trump's demand for NATO partners to increase military spending to 2 percent of gross domestic product.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni will test her mettle as an EU facilitator when she meets with Donald Trump in the White House ...

Italy exports several items to the United States, such as medical products, machinery, clothes, food and cars. However, Rome recorded a trade surplus ... that he shared military war plans via ...

Trump has previously pressed Meloni to increase Italy’s defense spending, which last year fell well below the 2% of gross domestic product target for countries in the NATO military alliance.

Trump has previously pressed Meloni to increase Italy’s defense spending, which last year fell well below the 2 percent of gross domestic product target for countries in the NATO military alliance.

Portugal will not let rising defence spending eat up a hard-won budget surplus, its finance minister ... does not feel the same pressure to increase its military spending as countries closer ...

Trump is expected to press Meloni to increase Italy’s defense spending, which last year fell well below the 2% of gross domestic product target for countries in the NATO military alliance.

This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: ‘How Italy could decide the EU ... they obviously run a surplus with the US. So, therefore, when it comes to retaliation ...