We need protection, not illusions. And someone skilled at negotiating
EDITORIAL – We cannot remain silent in the face of what is happening on the tariff front. What is happening is not just an American issue: it directly concerns us, our companies, our workers, and our economic future.
Black Friday for the stock markets was just the first alarm bell. Investors are fleeing, markets are collapsing, and trust is crumbling under the weight of the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. A real trade war is underway, and those who run businesses know this: when there’s uncertainty, the economy stops. And when it stops, it’s always the same ones who pay the price.
Tariffs, Italian companies under attack: this is not the time to minimize
Meloni calls for calm, but how can we stay calm while the car industry — the heartbeat of entire economies — is being hit hard? How can we talk about “no alarmism” while other countries, like Spain, are already setting up funds to protect their businesses? And us?
Italy, along with Germany, is one of the most exposed economies, yet there’s no clear strategy. It’s not enough to say it’s too early: it’s already late. It’s late to play catch-up; now is the time to anticipate, as Elly Schlein said. Because those who arrive later, fall behind.
Trump is not bluffing. He is using tariffs as a power lever, but he will end up punishing his own people, as CNN pointed out. And in the meantime, we remain waiting, as if all this were just a passing storm. But it’s not. It’s a geopolitical season change, and it takes much more than an umbrella to face it.
It’s time to protect ourselves. To prepare. To have concrete plans and effective countermeasures. And above all, it’s time to send competent people forward, capable of truly negotiating. We need authoritative, prepared figures who know how to sit at international tables and seriously protect Italian and European interests. We don’t need slogans or social media posts: we need negotiations, agreements, and vision.
In the 1930s, the United States thought tariffs would save them. In reality, they slid into the Great Depression. Crises can be faced in two ways: by suffering them or by preparing for them. As a business owner, I’ve learned to always choose the second.
It’s time to wake up. To secure our production system. To protect what we’ve built with hard work. And to send forward those who really know how to negotiate, because today it’s not just about tariffs: it’s about our future.
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