When Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani travels to China this weekend, he’ll be balancing two competing interests: laying the ground for Italy’s exit from a controversial investment pact with Beijing while also trying to avoid a rupture with the world’s second-largest economy.
travels to China this weekend, he’ll be balancing two competing interests: laying the ground for’s exit from a controversial investment pact with Beijing while also trying to avoid a rupture with the world’s second-largest economy.
’s deputy will meet with Chinese Foreign Ministerand other officials to discuss the possibility of leaving the Belt and Road Initiative, an investment pact designed to deepen economic ties with allies. Just before boarding a plane to China, Tajani said that the 2019 agreement had fallen short of expectations.
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