Milan, 31 Mar. (LaPresse) – ‘We are on the eve of a crucial day for the world economy. If the universal tariffs of 20% for all trade with the USA are confirmed, 2 April risks not being the ‘day of liberation’ announced by Trump, but the day of a new black swan, after the pandemic and the wars in Ukraine and Israel. It will be a day that will go down in the economic and geopolitical history of the world. I therefore wanted to analyse the risks that the Venetian economy would run from American duties, and the data is impressive. Italy has always had a privileged relationship with the United States: for this reason, an agreement must be found soon, by virtue of the existing bond, which is politically stronger than ever today’. So, two days before the duties announced by US President Trump come into force, the governor of Veneto Luca Zaia, who analysed the data from the Region's Statistics Office (source Istat with provisional data for 2024) on exports from Veneto to the USA, in the various product sectors . This economic volume has seen an increase of 29.8% from 2019 to 2024, and today is close to 7.3 billion euros (7,272,985,300 euros to be precise), supported by sales of mechanical products (almost 1.65 billion euros) and ’ medical instruments and supplies’, mainly the eyewear sector (around 1.2 billion euros). Agri-food alone accounts for almost one billion euros (927,050,324) and is the sector that has seen the greatest growth in economic terms compared to 2023 (+15.9%), while the biggest drop was in Fashion, which went from a value of 696 million to almost 549. In general, Veneto exports to the United States suffered a slight contraction in 2024, of 3.8%, mainly due to the crisis in fashion and metallurgy.
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