Italy’s defense minister called his country’s decision to join a flagship Chinese infrastructure scheme “wicked,” as the government weighs up whether continue as part of the scheme.
In an interview with the Corriere della Sera newspaper published Sunday, Guido Crosetto said that the Belt and Road Initiative – which Italy signed up to under its previous government – had done little to help the country’s exports. The BRI – a name coined by China’s Xi Jinping in 2013 – is Beijing’s global infrastructure investment program. It was established to rebuild China’s Silk Road, connecting Asia with Africa and Europe with the aim of increasing trade and economic growth.
Italy in 2019 became the only major Western country and the only country from the G7 group of advanced economies to join the BRI, Crosetto told the Corriere della Sera “the choice to join the Silk Road was an improvised and wicked act, made by the government of Giuseppe Conte, which led to a double negative result. “We have exported a load of oranges to China, they have tripled their exports to Italy in three years.
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