Rome — Italy made an "improvised and atrocious" decision when it joined China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) four years ago as it did little to boost exports, Italian Defense Minister Guido ...

Meloni noted that while Italy was the only one of the Group of Seven (G7) rich democracies to have signed the Belt and Road memorandum, it was not the European and Western country with the ...

Italy will pull out of China's flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the government has confirmed. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's administration notified Beijing that it would cease ...

Italy signed up for the Belt and Road Initiative in 2019 during the administration of China-friendly Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. It was the only member of the Group of Seven nations to join the ...

Prime Minister Meloni of Italy is likely to pull out of a scheme that has long helped Communist China expand its global influence and reach, the global infrastructure program known as the Belt and ...

Italy officially told China that it will leave the Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI, the first country to do so since the project was launched a decade ago. Despite the decision, Rome still plans ...

Italy has formally told the Chinese government that it has decided to end its membership of the Belt and Road Initiative, leaving China’s flagship infrastructure drive without any G7 members.

In 2019, Italy became the first European Union member – and the only G-7 state – to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Four years later, now under a new government, Italy is ...

Trade between Italy and China has not improved as expected since Rome joined Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative four years ago, Italy's Foreign Minister said on Saturday.

During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Italy in March 2019, the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). And with this memorandum, Italy ...

On December 6, 2023, the Italian government formally announced that Italy will not renew the 2019 memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding its formal participation in China’s Belt and Road ...