(ANSA) - Brussels, March 31 - United States President Donald
Trump's reported mulling of punitive tariffs on a range of
European Union goods as a reprisal against an EU ban on US
hormone-boosted beef is "further proof of how useful Europe is,"
Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano said Friday.
"One thing is defending onself against tariffs as Italy, but
it's another thing to defend oneself as a political and
institutional continent, with 500 million inhabitants,
consumers, and 'heavy' subjects on the market," Alfano said on
the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers meeting.
"This is confirmation that on defensive occasions, but also
offensive ones, it is better to be European that only Italian".
U.S. tariffs proof of EU 'utility' - Alfano
Better being European than just Italian