Italy’s foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, ahead of his three-day trip to Beijing, said that being a part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) did not bring the country the expected economic benefits. “The Italian Parliament is checking the situation. In this moment, the countries without the Belt and Road Initiative, the European countries, are working better than us. For this, Italy will decide if [to] stay or not [to] stay in the Belt and Road Initiative. In the parliament, many parties are against it,” he said on CNBC Saturday. He said the deal had “failed to meet Italian expectations.”...Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/italy-may-leave-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-dealing-major-blow-5485684