China’s foreign minister is seeking to sell his Italian counterpart on the benefits of leader Xi Jinping’s signature “Belt and Road” initiative of Chinese-built and -funded infrastructure projects VERBATIM: The sales pitch comes as Rome considers whether to renew the agreement. Wang Yi told Antonio Tajani in a recent meeting that bilateral trade had grown […]
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China’s foreign minister is seeking to sell his Italian counterpart on the benefits of leader Xi Jinping’s signature “Belt and Road” initiative of Chinese-built and -funded infrastructure projects
China’s foreign minister is seeking to sell his Italian counterpart on the benefits of leader Xi Jinping’s signature “Belt and Road” initiative of Chinese-built and -funded infrastructure projects
VERBATIM:
The sales pitch comes as Rome considers whether to renew the agreement. Wang Yi told Antonio Tajani in a recent meeting that bilateral trade had grown from $50 billion to nearly $80 billion. He also noted that Italy’s exports to China increased by 30% over the past five years. Italy’s new government has cast doubt on the benefits of the arrangement.