The European Union and the United States have made little progress in overcoming differences over trade, and US officials have indicated that most tariffs against the EU will not be lifted immediately.
Thus, Donald Trump has rejected the European proposal to remove all customs tariffs on industrial goods, including cars.
"It's a difficult moment, let's see how it goes in the coming hours," Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said ahead of her meeting Thursday with the US president in Washington.
The US president also issued a warning to Beijing: "They are the ones who need to make a deal with us, not the other way around."
"The ball is in China's court, they are the ones who should make a deal with us, not the other way around. There is no difference between China and other countries, just its size," the president added.
Meanwhile, China has ordered its airlines not to accept further deliveries of Boeing planes and to suspend purchases of aircraft components, as part of a trade war that has led Trump to impose tariffs of up to 145% on all imports of goods made in China.
Meanwhile, following the possible temporary exemption from US auto tariffs announced by the White House, the US president has provided "fast-track permits" for companies that want to move to the United States and "be part of the golden age."
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