Eurogroup’s Centeno on Italy, Spain, U.S. trade tariffs
By Bloomberg
03 June 2018 |
6:30 am
Eurogroup President Mario Centeno discusses challenges to the Euro area from political uncertainty in Italy, a new government in Spain, and the United States imposing import tariffs on steel and aluminium from the European Union.
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