The "improvised" decision multiplied Chinese exports to Italy, but failed to do the same for Italian exports, he said.

The decision to join the Silk Road multiplied China’s exports to Italy but did not have the same effect on Italian exports to China, Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said. “The issue today is: how to walk back [from the BRI] without damaging relations [with Beijing], because it is true that China is a competitor, but it is also a partner,” Crosetto added. Italy signed up to the BRI under a previous government, becoming the only major Western country to have taken such a step.

  • @[email protected]English
    3•1 year ago

    I hope for everyone involved that the EU finally takes a deeper look at the Balkan. They are making themselfs even more reliant on China and EU ignores it, which is a problem for them and a problem for EU.