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World > Americas & EMEA
Italy's BRI dilemma worsens as 'pressure from US, EU mounts'
By Global Times
Aug 03, 2023 11:55 pm

Shift also driven partly by current govt's right-wing nature – expert

ITALIAN Defense Minister Guido Crosetto has added to recent signs that his country may tend to leave the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), describing the decision to join the framework as 'improvised and atrocious.'

Italy's policy turn is driven partly by the incumbent government's right-wing nature, but is more a dilemma resulting from mounting pressure from the United States and the European Unionagainst the backdrop of intensifying geopolitical confrontation, observers said.

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