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Joining China's Belt and Road was an 'atrocious' decision, Italian minister says

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The "improvised" decision multiplied Chinese exports to Italy, but failed to do the same for Italian exports, he said.

Joining China's Belt and Road was an 'atrocious' decision, Italian minister says

The decision to join the Silk Road multiplied China's exports to Italy but did not have the same effect on Italian exports to China, Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said. "The issue today is: how to walk back [from the BRI] without damaging relations [with Beijing], because it is true that China is a competitor, but it is also a partner," Crosetto added. Italy signed up to the BRI under a previous government, becoming the only major Western country to have taken such a step.

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