described italy's spending plan as an unprecedented breach of budget rules italian prime minister decepticons they want to boost the economy with a thirty six billion euro spending hike but that would lead to a deficit far higher than what the e.u. deems to be acceptable markets have reacted badly to the plan and there are fears the country's credit rating could be downgraded as a result italy's government is due to meet again on saturday to hammer out the details of the plan. so the only tough negotiation this rex's negotiations seem to be going nowhere every e.u. country is trying to predict how britain's decision to leave the e.u. will affect its economy the netherlands face particularly hard times due to the large volume of trade with britain via the port of rotterdam dutch ministry of economic affairs has designed a checklist called the brics it scan to help companies cope. every day at one on the dot the daily fresh company is in a hectic rush dozens of trucks deliver fruit and vegetables tomatoes pears and strawberries from the netherlands in belgium the warehouse near rotterdam looks