Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday, discussing both the war in Ukraine and negotiations aimed at averting new tariffs between Washington and the European Union. The call came five days before a 9 July expiry of the current suspension of U.S. duties on European goods, a deadline Brussels hopes to extend. Meloni told the Forum in Masseria business conference that dialogue with Washington on trade remains “frank and constant,” adding that Rome is working to keep trans-Atlantic talks on track but that the final decision rests with the European Commission. She did not speculate on the outcome of the negotiations. On Ukraine, the premier said the United States has not halted arms deliveries to Kyiv, though it is reassessing the supply of certain components. She voiced confidence that American military support would continue and called for additional sanctions on Russia. Meloni’s remarks follow a series of appearances marking U.S. Independence Day, where she described Italy and the United States as “sister nations” that “speak the same language” on major international issues, underscoring what she sees as renewed cohesion within the Western alliance.