According to the XII Annual Report of the Italy-China Foundation, Italy's trade deficit shrank from $ 12.15 billion in 2018, to $ 11.9 billion in 2019 to $ 10.7 billion in 2020. Italian exports to China between January and April 2021 grew by 55% compared to the same period in 2020. The products that recorded a better performance were textiles, leather items, chemicals and metal items. At the end of 2019, 405 Chinese groups and 760 Italian companies owned by Chinese companies

On July 5, 2021 Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a virtual summit. The meeting followed the 100th anniversary's celebrations of the Chinese Communist Party. European experts and media said that this virtual summit aimed to “serve to seek common ground,” and “signals a desire for closer collaboration”. In 2020, China became the EU's first trading partner and it was concluded the bilateral investment treaty,

On March 18, 2021 Silk Council together with the International Intangible Assets Institute and other professional firms co-organized the webinar on “Foreign Direct Investments and Tech Transfer in Italy”. The webinar was held in English and Chinese and was addressed to Chinese entrepreneurs and companies interested in investing in Italy and participating in Sino-Italian commercial and industrial cooperation projects in the technological field. Avv. Lifang Dong, President of t

#china #italy #G20 #multilateralism #xinhua #cooperation #trade #investments #EU On February 2, 2021, the Chinese ambassador to Italy, Li Junhua agreed to be interviewed by the Xinhua news agency, talking about the role that China's membership of multilateralism plays in foreign trade and cooperation and the future development of relations between China and the European Union and between China and Italy. Question: A few days ago, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Presiden

#asia #asean #oceania #RCEP #china #international #trade #investments #cooperation #silkcouncil On November 15, 2020, during the ASEAN summit, held online due to the current pandemic, China and 14 countries of Asia and Oceania signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). RCEP brings together the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. The agreement constitutes the largest free trade and commercial