Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Tuesday that she would visit Washington next week to discuss US tariffs on the European Union with President Donald Trump.

In comments to a meeting with businesses published by her office, the far-right leader backed the European Union's calls for a negotiated solution to the situation.

"This is the negotiation that must see us all engaged and at all levels... and that involves me, who will be in Washington on April 17 and obviously I intend to address this issue with the US president," Meloni said.

Meloni, who has sought to maintain ties with fellow conservative Trump despite the disruption of his policies, said it was difficult to precisely assess the economic consequences of the new tariffs.

But she warned against "panic and alarmism" that she said "risk doing more damage than the measure itself".

"I think we can all agree that a trade war between Europe and the United States does not suit anyone," she said.

Brussels has so far refrained from hitting back at the sweeping 20 percent tariffs ordered by Trump on the bloc's imports, though it is readying a package of retaliation to earlier metals tariffs imposed by Washington.