road they built and road initiative the 1st g. 7 country to do so in future italian ports like 3 aston genoa will mark the european terminus of the maritime routes to and from china. they're already being upgraded with chinese capital made ready for the mega ships that will distribute goods throughout europe from here. and italy is betting that will boost economic recovery. other e.u. countries like france and germany already sent they worry about potential chinese influence over italy as well as chinese competition the italian connection would see products from china into europe much faster and in much larger amounts experts are still divided over exactly what the new silk road actually is some see the plant network of ports rail links and roads primarily as a global infrastructure project that will boost global economic growth others see geo political motives they say china is trying to achieve world domination by subduing countries with debt and dependency. economists he spent a decade in china before taking up an advisory role with the italian government has europe failed to do enough fo