The "Corriere della Sera" reported that three days A few years ago, the Italian government reportedly handed over to Chinese diplomats a note verbale in which he announced Italy's exit from the Belt and Road Initiative, China's investment plan in infrastructure around the world. Among the comments on the news, that of the president of Federlogistica-Conftrasporti, Luigi Merlo, According to him, the government "did well to close an agreement hastily exalted as a great opportunity, concealing the risks'. "Italy - he underlined Merlo - is finally becoming aware of the importance of ports and logistics infrastructures, both strategically and strategically. commercial; the decision to leave the Silk Road Pact does not is intended to jeopardise relations with a China, a major trading partner, nor adversely affect trade and trade'.

"I believe," added the president of Federlogistica, "that also in another strategically very important, that of the shipbuilding industry, the government is moving in the same direction, favouring a rapid exit of Fincantieri, which had already expressed its intention, the agreement that would allow Asian shipyards to build cruise ships and erode, with infinitely more expensive costs market share in Italy, and Europe, which has been won not through dumping, but through professionalism, quality and innovation'.