EU’s Juncker: Made some progress on Italian budget last weekend

Haresh Menghani FXStreet

In a joint press conference, European Council President Donald Tusk was noted saying that trade is more important than ever for Europe and there is no alternative to multilateralism, cooperation.

Key quotes:

• On way to reforming WTO is cooperation with the US.
• Nothing has changed between the EU and the US since July.
• We are discussing issues with the US.
• Made some progress on the Italian budget last weekend.
• Will meet PM Conte on Saturday.
• We are with Italy if Italy with us, the atmosphere is good.

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