—— belton road. have to ask china. no influence whatsoever? -- belton road.na is an important member of the aiib but the aiib is multilateral, so it is international standards that are being imposed by the aiib and that includes making sure that debt levels are sustainable on the pa rt debt levels are sustainable on the part of the borrowers. has this ongoing trade war between the united states and china had an impact on regional borrowing?|j states and china had an impact on regional borrowing? i think so, we have published recently report that has observed that there has been some decline in the level of projects being financed, although for the projects being financed, although forthe aiib, ourown projects being financed, although for the aiib, our own pipeline is very robust. we are here for the long—term, the infrastructure needs are enormous and so, we long—term, the infrastructure needs are enormous and so, we will do our best to help meet the infrastructure needs in asia, an enormous task. in other news making business headlines, as president donald t

last week he signed an agreement with the chinese government and door saying belton road. rome solo run met with disapproval from other european union member states in particular because they had already agreed to approach china and its powerful ruling party with a single voice. on expect liverpool and joins me in the studio now as well as all corresponded sohan so in time i welcome to you both let's start with you italy signed a protocol with china's non-binding to take part in beijing's new silk road project this was criticized by all the european leaders and will probably be criticized today as wages split the european union is china really trying to drive a wedge into the i think china's all are always been happy to play at the u.s. against york for example and and take countries or organizations in bite sized pieces so i think we're seeing a little bit of that happening now to europe i think that there's a focus on the eastern europe former eastern european countries from china sides and now we see it with israeli as well that there is an attempt to maybe saw a kind o

leaders on top of the agenda beijing's of bush's belton road initiative the infrastructure push has raised concerns euro views beijing's latest investment in the italian port of france for example it's a little too close for comfort for many in the u.s. and some see rome's tight embrace of china as proof of italy's populist governments i'm going to suggest you to the e.u. well here is china's master plan the country is building the just sickle corridors that extend from jiang across central asia via tehran to turkey then to moscow west to the port of and through europe to venice fair market polo first set out on the medieval silk road to chinatown from venice the new silk road leads back to china through this so as come out these are just the western routes the initiative also includes infrastructure projects like bridges well lines and ports and africa and south america beijing wants to use these corridors to export goods from chinese factories to markets all over the world but is about road just a trade projects or is it rather a tool to globally project china's par. china's ruling commu

and then they came up with an excuse the white house is urging him to leave not to join beijing's belton road infrastructure project and that's causing a strong reaction from china among all stories still ahead. can socialism bring about a radian future a growing number of voters seem to think so what are these voters and some members of congress mean by socialism free stuff for all the state controlling the means of production orders. why are so many falling out of money with capitalism. you know world's big partners through the mud and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell us more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the bad and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely for watching the hawks. welcome back china has defended its growing partnership with italy after criticism from the united states its after the white house urged roman not to join beijing's belton road infrastructure project.

china's belton road initiative was first proposed five years ago it's a global trade and infrastructure project that spans from china all the way to europe and africa and the indian subcontinent connecting key cities via roads railways and ports however the u.s. has expressed security concerns over the project and questioned beijing's motives sociologist paolo bennett dini believes italy has much to gain from the initiative . not as they are that this of these allies is to act in this particular. frankly. i mean not of what it would be. telling us what we have to do but only i think for the pool the benefit also for the benefit of the man in the area they think will be a great the. point that you will be leaving the lives in the middle there at. the bottom of the. sea and they are always. all you would be and you really mean it's a great job your way and i don't see any potential damage. on this for us and. for young people in the u.k. taking a trip across the pond is becoming less of an attraction with many of them blaming donald trump for making the united states on coal reporting fro

$i crucial phase of his new silk road project. $1 trillion belton road initiative is an ambitious one asia, the middle east, europe and africa through a network of ports, railways, roads and tunnels. now, roughly 60 countries have already signed up to this. while president xi has been on the road and in france, he did by 300 planes from airbus, a major blow to archrival boeing, which is trying to archrival boeing, which is trying to fix its reputation after two of its jets were involved in fatal crashes. that deal with our is said to be worth roughly $80 billion. last weekend, italy made a controversial move and broke rank with its fellow g7 members. it joined china's one belt and one road initiative. even though these leaders have emphasised multiple areas where they do have things that they get along, there remain underlying tensions in the relationships. they will get a chance to iron those out next month at the summit in brussels. many eu countries are still sceptical, thank you so much for that update, my colleague in business reporter monica miller. one of the world's biggest mi

new direction as well but there are some pretty solid and entrenched italy not to join beijing's belton road infrastructure project causing a strong reaction from china is among all stories still ahead. you know world of big. lot and conspiracies it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. make this manufactured consensus public well. when the ruling classes protect themselves. in the final merry go round. we can all middle of the room. again young people in the u.k. taking a trip across the pond is becoming less of an attraction many blaming donald trump for making the united states uncool reporting from london his party. the transatlantic road trip they used to be most students dream holiday things like route sixty six or recreating the journeys of the beach mix from the road all feminist fugitives like i

in paris where they discuss beijing's belton road initiative which has been a source of tension with year up but now the rhetoric seems to have changed. europe will need to take advantage of the opportunities in the chinese president's vision when he talks of the new grades if you want to do big things together project and we europeans want to play a role and participate and that must lead to receive prosody and we're having a bit of trouble in finding it but the project as such is a very good. of what our dependence on the each other our connection to each other also means italy is the first member to sign on to china's belzer vote initiative and has faced criticism over its the corporation as a matter of concern to the u.s. on the e.u. since it would give china access to italy's critical infrastructure such as telecommunications and ports the belton road initiative was first announced in two thousand and thirteen and involves chinese investment across your asia and asked her is the last stop of xi jinping is three nation european tour which is also seen in visit italy monaco althou

confirmed rome's lottery to sign the framework agreement with chinese president xi jinping on the belton road initiative calling it an opportunity for the country the necessary precautions it's an easy access into a new silk route represents an opportunity for a country the coming meeting with the chinese president will be an opportunity to sign the framework agreement it won't mean that the next days will be forced to do anything it will allow us to enter into this project and have dialogue now the belton road initiative has come in for criticism from the united states so washington spend part of pressure on italy not to jump onboard the project. we view bilton road initiative as a made by china for china and initiative we're skeptical the italian government's indorsement will bring any sustained economic benefits to the italian people and it may end up harming italy's global reputation in the long run its position taken by the u.s. side is lawful as a major country italy knows exactly what policies of its own interests and it can make its decisions independently the belt and road initi

italy knows exactly what policies of its own interests and it can make its decisions independently belton road initiative spans three continents from east asia to europe and africa it is designed to connect nearly two thirds of the world's population by linking key cities through roads railways and ports beijing has pledged one trillion dollars in infrastructure development over the course of the next decade however the u.s. has expressed security concerns and questioned china's motives sociologist paolo bernardine believes italy has much to gain from taking part. i was going on last night as they are thinking about this if these guys do act in this particular not as in going to frankly. i mean not the celestial nobody would be. telling us what we have to do it is acting for the poor the benefit also for the benefit within them and america i think would be a great the. point that you would be really leading the lives in that many if there were any. well that's pretty paul's the both of them in stand by we'll. see and they are always. well you know would be and you really mean it's a great

concern is growing in western capitals over these apparent intention to sign up to china's belton road initiative a bold one trillion dollar infrastructure project and twenty first century re-imagining of the silk road president xi jinping is in italy right now to discuss the details of a possible deal his artes medina cotton of the bad boy or the godfather of euro skepticism it's really it's once again a tough thing relations with the e.u. with rome now pushing to join trying this road and ballot initiative that's reportedly setting off alarm bells and brussels and getting back up in washington to. italy's a major global economy in great investment destination no need for italian government to lend legitimacy to china's infrastructure vanity project endorsing both road initiative lends legitimacy to china's predatory approach to investments a moving no benefits the italian people it's really could become the first member of the so-called group of seven the most powerful nations to join china some bush's plan to boost connectivity between asia europe and africa. local businesses will l

the belton road initiative spans three continents all the way from china to europe and africa and back around to the asian sub continent its plan to help connect nearly two thirds of the world's population by linking key cities via roads railways and ports beijing's pledged a trillion dollars in infrastructure development over the course of the next decade however the united states has expressed security concerns over the project and is questioning china's motives sociologist paolo burn a d.v.d. believes italy has much to gain from the initiative. not. to act in this particular. frankly. i mean. nobody would be. telling us what we have to do it is acting for the poor the benefit also put a band of. america if you will be a great that. you. know i was in that movie they were in. the bottom of the. sea and they are always. for you there will be a new link between this great company in the open your asia and i don't see any damage. on the spines and. for young people in the u.k. taking a trip across the pond is becoming less of an attraction with many of them blaming donald trump for maki

china's belton road initiative is a global trade and infrastructure project proposed five years ago it would link china to europe asia and africa with roads railways and ports but the u.s. and some other western powers have expressed security concerns over the project and questioned china's motives sociologist paolo bernadine a believes it's and he's got much to gain from the initiative. and it's. not as if they are you know that. we have to do it only acting for the poor the benefit also for the benefit of the environment i'm an american i think would be a great the. point that you would be living their lives in the mideast they were adamant. between. the both of. us. see and they are always. you there will be a new link between the same great continent. and i don't see any potential damage. on this and. thousands of palestinians are now at risk of losing access to vital cancer treatment services and comes after the us for move to a third funded health services in the region. we have around eight thousand five hundred adult cancer patients and over six hundred patients most common cas

of the belton road memorandum between italy and china is primarily economic and commercial it does not put into question our european and atlantic position it does not put our national interests at risk and it is on the same page as european strategy his cabinet alcoves those words saying that the deal would be non biting and would just represents the initial framework everything to come their european partners who have labeled specie a systemic rival especially allies on the other side of the atlantic it's called one bill one road it's global and if you look at the spots where there are who are there there are engaging in you see some geo political and military aspects we will not go out china to develop its so-called one belt one road strategy even china's cutesy promus have been helped change americans' minds. is different. when making history in this town. after it's the the chinese leader is planning his next stop in paris but here the expectations of talks going wow are not as promising as much a part of a danish professor of early more than european history. should be allowed to

warns it's only about what it says of china's predatory loans what will rome get from beijing's belton road initiative. as algeria's oil wealth dries up people are demanding to know where has all the money gone corruption youth unemployment and inequality have been at the center of protests against the two decade rule of algeria's president of the disease beautifully despite agreeing not to stand for another term algerians have little faith in the business elite military and politicians who are running the country the country's wealth has been squandered it had currency reserves of one hundred seventy nine billion dollars in december twenty four team that amount of shrunk to seventy nine point eight billion rather than using the oil and gas wealth to diversify the economy more than a fifth of the budget is used for subsidies the international monetary fund says that algeria oil and gas revenues account for ninety five percent of the country's exports earnings and sixty percent of its budget. but oil prices have been falling and the country's oil and gas production has also been in decl

italy unsettles its allies by indicating it will endure spacings ambitious belton road initiative which is why do you see the west as a vehicle for chinese power projection. and you find many in the us now less concerned about sexual harassment in the workplace the height of the me to come. what's changed. the rules have changed and we're not playing that game anymore and that's what's happening men are getting caught and they want to go back to how things used to be real accept said i would categorizing her. as one whole massive group. and ethnic tensions flare in russia's far eastern city of your could squish central asian migrants fearing for their safety after the rape of a local woman is blamed on a man from coast on. thursday night eleven. news this hour first for you to the continental europe. is growing in western capitals over italy's apparent intention to sign up to china's belt and road initiative a bold one trillion dollar infrastructure project twenty first century re-imagining off the silk road president xi jinping is in italy to discuss the details of a possible deal here

italy unsettles its allies by indicating it will endorse beijing's ambitious belton road initiative which is widely seen in the west as a vehicle for chinese power projection. a new poll finds that men in the u.s. now less concerned about sexual harassment in the workplace than they were the height of the need to come we ask what's changed. the rules have changed and we're not playing that game anymore and that's what's happening then are getting caught and they want to go back to how things used to be real accept our categorizing our castigating as one whole massive violent group. ethnic tensions flare in russia's far east and city of the court square the central asian migrants fearing for their safety after the rape of a local woman is blamed on a man from. thanks for tuning in to watch the international few news this hour on call in brian moscow thursday nights at eight am in the russian capital it's six pm in italy that's where we're starting this evening concerns growing in western capitals over italy's apparent intention to sign up to china's belt and road initiative a bold one tril

commission president john krebs is cautious about china's multi-billion euro belton road initiative the new silk road project in paris the europeans wary of chinese dominance made a firm appeal to beijing to cooperate in the movie. if you've done more existence than we have divergences obviously in the history of humanity power does not go without rivalry none of us are naive but we respect china and we're determined to have dialogue and cooperation and naturally we expect our great partner to also respect the unity of the european union. she responded that mistrust hinders progress referring to concerns in the e.u. when chinese companies want to take over european firms or when the american government tries to take competitors like who are way out of the picture in europe . good sources of course there are differences and competition but it's positive competition we shouldn't let suspicions lead us to be constantly looking backwards . america and mccall want all e.u. countries to assume a common stance on china that won't be easy as some member states are eager to strike deals with the

belton energy there obviously i mean in their way maybe they were letting go yes it was very engaging for us on stage and so for the president that just for the next for the next round of concerts we did in two thousand and eighteen i changed the setlist a little bit to include more and their tactics songs even but somehow little bit daring because i wasn't so sure i didn't want to be the one you know who made the audience cross lines but but then again i could feel a certain stubbornness when it comes to you know moving into you know at least dancing why sitting down and that somehow was a very interesting experience i can i can imagine why you invited you've been to iran several times since then and you invited the iranian musician pull us out i to play on the new album. let's show this beautiful color cover here and let's take a quick listen to one of the tracks that i personally really really enjoyed berlin . i am master on this some too of that instrument the instrument that how did you approach a collaboration like this did you know what you wanted ahead of time or did you just

and italy are signing up, potentially, to belton road italy says that it wants to boost its economy.e falling into a technical recession, they want to boost trade with china and its growth. but washington fought washington fought back and told italy that they could be damaging the international relation —— reputation. it is a mixup of economic and politics because china wishes to extend its economic clout abroad but also its political clout. america wants to stamp its authority on what is going on as well. and the thing is that there is a lot of criticism to say that europe has been slow to push back on china. what europe wants is a pertinent word, reciprocal.... they're happy to allow china to invest as long as europe can invest in china. let's talk about hawaii now. environmental issues are in focus right now and hawaii could be the first state according to this article to ban most plastics in restaurants. what exactly a re most plastics in restaurants. what exactly are they thinking of doing? it comes down to styrofoam cops and other products made from plastic. hawaii have the opp

but why is the port of trieste so important to china's belton road plan?ook at the maps of the silk road, ships come up to the suez canal and come to the italian port there and come into europe, you can see exactly why they are looking at that port. in other news, either and pinterest have reportedly chosen the new york stock exchange to launch their shares. two of the highest profile internet companies choosing the exchange over the rival exchange nasdaq, which infamously bumbled the facebook ipo, it marks a major coup for the nyse. —— uber. both companies and the new york stock exchange have so far declined to comment. levi strauss has returned to the stock market in new york on a high. giving —— the sharesjumping more than 30% on a debut, giving the iconicjeans maker a market value of over $1 billion. the company's chief executive told the bbc how the 166—year—old denim company aims to improve its market share with women. one of the few apparel brands where our women's business is signicantly smaller thanour the men's business, at only 20% of the busine

suppliers or service providers among them as deutsche of bonn which is involved in logistics and the belton road and mission of the country small and mid-sized companies on the other hand are worried they'll be cut out of lucrative markets huntsman head off has set up an association because he says the german government just hasn't provided enough support. indeed on the gulf if we don't watch out and make some positive progress if we continue to simply encounter these blockading policies especially from our economics ministry and foreign ministry than at some point we won't be asked any more we'll basically end up as little more than onlookers on the whole process. so is the new silk road initiative a one way street infrastructure projects that long term will only benefit the chinese in europe and those questions are currently dividing opinion in the business community. they are challenging gender roles in india fisher women have become tourist guides and among growth experts earning their own money while also saving the bio diversity of their environment. if the morning the coastal town of

already why do you think roma so determined to join this ambitious but controversial venture the belton road initiative despite strong reservations in the rest of the e.u. . well you have the prime minister decepticon hotspot of the five star movement and it's the now that's the populist party that is in this coalition government and they believe that this is money that it's only needs in order to deal with all those promises that they made to boost the infrastructure and to boost this sluggish economy so they believe that china can perhaps might that mean that direction it will also open the italian products out into that you massive chinese market now on that end of the start on this coalition government you have the lead party going to far right party and the leader of that party is money itself being equal he has expressed reservations saying he does not want to see china to colonize easily so really divisions of the government but they are expected to sign that memorandum of understanding ok leaving the wording of colonize ation aside how big is the worry that rome could actually b

is cautious about china's multi-billion euro belton wrote initiative also called the new silk road project it's aimed at bringing china closer to other partners internationally and making it a stronger force in global trade and paris the europeans made a strong appeal to china to cooperate. we have to have trust in multilateral cooperation and the fact that everyone wins multilateral cooperation does not work if one partner is another partner is lost and we have seen that before and that's why i'm a firm believer and convinced it's worth fighting for it through with the dr to kim . she responded that the e.u. and china should advance together despite an distrust that has recently hit that progress that includes business with chinese telecom equipment maker who are way which has been accused of being in beijing's pocket the u.s. has banned to take giant from its domestic infrastructure projects the e.u. is also currently discussing whether or not to allow the chinese company to help build its new five g. networks. in paris the european leaders and she set the stage for the upcoming china su

asia, where we have seen a continued chinese investment and interest in any sector in line with the beltonestment in the us is falling, southeast asia is gaining —— belt—and—road initiative. southeast asia is gaining —— belt-and-road initiative. because of the trade war, lots of companies are moving their manufacturing and supply of chain operations down to southeast asia. examples would be thailand, which has established itself as an automotive manufacturing hub, as well as vietnam, which has a growing textile and electronic manufacturing sector. investors are also cognisant of the slowdown in china and are looking at new investmentjurisdictions slowdown in china and are looking at new investment jurisdictions for driving their investment returns. in southeast asia, with its rising population and middle—class, represents huge growth opportunities for them. so anything related to the consumer or infrastructure or power are consumer or infrastructure or power a re key consumer or infrastructure or power are key investment destinations. let's now show you the markets before we go, because as

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it's only unsettles it's allies by indicating it will endorse beijing's ambitious belton road initiative which is widely seen in the west as a vehicle for chinese power projection. a new poll finds that men in the us saw now less concerned about sexual harassment in the workplace than they were behind the me to come we also what's changed. the rules have changed and we're not playing that game anymore and that's what's happening men are getting caught and they want to go back to how things used to be real except set out with categorizing our castigating as one whole massive violent group. ethnic tensions flare in russia's far eastern city of your court square the central asian migrants fearing for their safety for the rape of a local woman whose.

three in china assets aside a deal to make the first western european country to join beijing's belton road global infrastructure project it's kastrup the government is hoping for investment worth billions in business and infrastructure from china but italy's partners in europe see the deals a bid by china attempting to expand its power. china's president got a warm reception in role host country italy is to become the first g. seven a condom me to join the new silk road project beijing is keen to package its massive maritime rail and road venture as an opportunity for other nations. or even. we want to strengthen our synergies to enhance cooperation in the infrastructure poorish logistics and maritime transport sector is. in order to build a series of concrete projects along the silk road for you. but critics say the project which is officially known as the belt and road initiative will primarily benefit beijing many countries have expressed a needs about china's growing dominance for italy though the potential economic boost appears to outweigh the perceived risks. italian presidency

deeper dive into what's behind algeria's protests last what it's really get from joining china's belton road initiative plus we'll take a look at the plight of venezuela struggling fishermen. counting the cost on al-jazeera. it is murder when you throw a firebomb into someone's home and meet heat new off acid you know. not in a significant in the numbers that insignificant ideologically that is significant even as it crime gag down very significant by dictating big government and the fucked up policy now shall not kill the radicalized series on al-jazeera. i'm sam is a diamond with a look at the headlines here on al-jazeera now israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is cutting short a visit to washington d.c. after a rocket attack north of tel aviv israel's foreign ministry says it was fired from gaza but hamas denies firing the rocket the strike comes just two weeks before israeli elections stephanie deca has more details from west jerusalem. that's right we've had a long range rocket and j eighty it's got a range of one hundred twenty kilometer is fired out of the gaza strip hit a

has been piling pressure on its lee not to jump aboard the project we view belton road initiative as he made by china for china and initiative we're skeptical the italian government's indorsement will bring any sustained economic benefits to the italian people and it may end up harming italy's global reputation in the long run basically what policies serve its own interests and it can make its decisions independently or rome is expected to officially sign up to the initiative when chinese president xi jinping visits at the end of this map and italy's call this government has meaning talking up the benefits to. one way for us to increase trade values is to first increase investment this is done by these memorandums one belt one road it is a very fertile area for investment but just what is it well the belt and road initiative spawns three continents stretching from china to europe and africa it's the selling to connect nearly two thirds of the world's population by link knowledge and infrastructure development over the course of the next decade or over the u.s. has expressed security

a european endorsement for china's belton road initiative leads our globe report today as the italian government considers becoming the first g seven nation to join and risking angering the united states italy's deputy industry minister michel garage confirmed on going to go for a tell you inclusion in the built in road initiative or the b.r.r. as it's known the talks reportedly are at a point where it's feasible that initial framework could. the signed when president xi jinping of china visits italy on the twenty second and twenty third of this month the caution that there is no commitment yet to sign the draft memorandum of understanding a spokesman for the white house disparaged the b r i telling the financial times of london quote we view b r i as a made by china for china initiative it only is recession seems to be pushing the government to seek greater economic ties with china overriding any concerns about alienating the u.s. or its european allies.

warns it's only about what it says of china's predatory loans what will rome get from beijing's belton road initiative. as algeria's oil wealth dries up people are demanding to know where has all the money gone corruption youth unemployment and inequality have been at the center of protests against the two decade rule of algeria's president of the disease beautifully despite agreeing not to stand for another term algerians have little faith in the business elite military and politicians who are running the country. the country's wealth has been squandered it had currency reserves of one hundred seventy nine billion dollars in december twenty four team but that amount of shrunk to seventy nine point eight billion rather than using the oil and gas wealth to diversify the economy more than a fifth of the budget is used for subsidies the international monetary fund says that algeria's oil and gas revenues account for ninety five percent of the country's exports earnings and sixty percent of its budget but oil prices have been falling and the country's oil and gas production has also been i

but one is the belton road initiative while it spawns three continents stretching from china to europe and africa it's designed to connect nearly two thirds of the world's population by linking the city's fire road really is port beijing's pledge one trillion dollars in infrastructure development so over the course of the next decade however the u.s. has expressed security concerns and question china's motives sociologists polo bernardine believes that lee has much to gain from taking part. really there is a. quietness between the last numbers they are thinking about that you'll be surprised to act in this particular not as in going to frankly. i mean not the full russian nobody would be. telling us what we have to do at all you are acting for the poor to benefit the people and also for the benefit of them an american i think would be a great the battle for god he. points out you know we will be paralyzed in the mideast they were adamant re the people who well let's put your balls the ball the bad things and the ball by we'll. see and then all the stupid been the whole all you will the

national security council warned endorsing the belton road initiative lens legitimacy to china's predatory approach to investment and will bring no benefits to the italian people those concerns are already playing out china's law jess's and trapping vulnerable nations in debt you may recall sri lanka fell behind with payments and had to hand over a vital seaport that had been built with chinese loans on a ninety nine year lease pakistan's attempts to go see it an i.m.f. loan have been complicated by washington's unwillingness for the money to be used to pay back beijing's loans to pakistan and in djibouti where the u.s. has a military base china opened its first overseas base at the same time the country's depths have soared to eighty percent of g.d.p. from fifty percent in italy's case it has debts of two point three trillion euro and pays sixty four billion every year it interest payments should it get into trouble the european bailout fund would not be able to save the country china's president xi jinping hopes the two countries can work together on everything from ports to telecoms and

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following criticism from the united states and sort of the white house urged not to join beijing's belton road infrastructure project we view bilton road initiative as a made by china for china and initiative we're skeptical the italian government's indorsement will bring any sustained economic benefits to the italian people and it may end up harming italy's global reputation in the long run this position taken by the u.s. side is lawful as a major country italy knows exactly what policies serve its own interests and it can make its decisions independently rather than reports that italy will sign up to the initiative when chinese president president xi jinping visit to the end of the month at least coalition government has been talking up the benefits one way for us to increase trade values is to first increase investment this is done by these memorandums one belt one road it is a very fertile area for investment. china's belt and road initiative is a huge global trade infrastructure project proposed five years ago it would link china to europe asia and africa with roads and railways and

this is done by these memorandums one belt one road it is a very fertile area for investment china's belton road initiative is a global trade and infrastructure project proposed five years ago it will link china to europe asia and africa with roads railways and ports but the u.s. and some other western powers have expressed security concerns over the project and questioned china's motives sociologist paulo bernardine believes italy has much to gain from joining the initiative. really. surprises because on the last numbers if they are thinking about it you'll be surprised to act in these fights and i think frankly. so i mean not to sort of bashing away would be. coming out of what we have to do to do that kind of a pox on i being the way to do. all we know want to do and. we negotiate any of lines on the phone from of the moment we will not to mention having cade acting for the queen the benefit to be some hope for the benefit of in saddam and the man america i think would be a great the vantage for connie on the several points of view that would be really lethal i've been to many they're ad

very fertile area for investment let's just go through what we're actually talking about here the belton road initiative spawns three continents all the way from china to europe and africa upon completion it's expected to connect nearly two thirds of the world's population by linking key cities by a road real way as ports beijing has pledged one trillion dollars in infrastructure development over the course of the next decade however the u.s. has expressed security concerns over the project and question china's motives sociologist paulo bernardine believes that lee has much to gain from the initiative . there is a strong political crisis because the last numbers they are thinking about this of these guys is to act in this particular. frankly. i mean not. telling us what we have to do it is only our acting for the poor the but i have. also put a band of them and america i think will be a great advantage for god he. will be really. well. the both of. them. and they are always hopeful you will be a newly in the same great company in the open and i don't see the potential damage of distance