“This visit once again demonstrates that Italy’s withdrawal from the BRI was not due to a reluctance to cooperate with China or Meloni’s own political beliefs, but rather due to the huge pressure from the US and other major Western powers at the time, Zhao Junjie said, noting that the withdrawal does not mean a decoupling from China, as economic and trade cooperation between China and Italy has since remained close.”
Fonte: Global Times
Autore: Cui Fandi
Link: Italy’s Meloni to visit China, likely to ‘clear misunderstandings over BRI withdrawal’
