Italy and China sign a 3-year action plan as Italian leader Meloni tries to reset relations

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Italy and China sign a 3-year action plan as Italian leader Meloni tries to reset relations

BEIJING (AP) — Italy and China signed a three-year action plan on Sunday to implement past agreements and experiment with new forms of cooperation, Italy’s Prime Minister

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said on an official visit to the ******** capital.

Meloni is trying to reset relations with China as fears of a trade war with the ********* Union are interwoven with continued interest in attracting ******** investment in auto manufacturing and other sectors.

“We certainly have a lot of work to do and I am convinced that this work can be useful in such a complex phase on a global level, and also important at a multilateral level,” she said in remarks at the start of a meeting with ******** Premier Li Qiang.

Her five-day visit comes several months after

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of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a signature policy of ******** leader Xi Jinping to build power and transportation infrastructure around the world to stimulate global trade while also deepening China’s ties with other nations.

Still, Italy ******** keen to pursue an otherwise strong economic relationship with China. Stellantis, a major automaker that includes Italy’s Fiat, announced in May that it had

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with Leapmotor, a ******** electric car startup, to begin selling EVs in Europe.

Li, addressing Italian and ******** business leaders after the meeting with Meloni, said that China’s push to upgrade its economy will increase demand for high-quality products, expanding opportunities for cooperation between companies from their two countries.

He pledged to open ******** markets further, ensure that foreign companies get the same treatment as ******** ones and create a transparent and predictable business environment, responding to frequently heard complaints from businesses operating in the world’s second-largest economy.

“At the same time, we hope the Italian side will work with China to provide a more fair, just and non-discriminatory business environment for ******** companies doing business in Italy,” he said.

Meloni told the business leaders that the two sides had signed an industrial collaboration memorandum that includes electric vehicles and renewable energy, which she described as “sectors where China has already been operating on the technological frontier for some time … and is sharing the new frontiers of knowledge with partners.”

Electric vehicles have also become a symbol of growing China-EU trade tensions, with the ********* Union

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of up to 37.6% on China-made electric vehicles in early July. The two sides are holding talks to try to resolve the issue by an early November deadline.

Meanwhile, China launched an anti-dumping

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, just days after the EU announced it would impose the tariffs on ******** EVs.

Meloni, who arrived in Beijing on Saturday, is making her first trip to China as prime minister. She has held talks with Li before,

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during the annual G-20 summit, which brings together the leaders of 20 major nations.

Italy’s

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in 2019 appeared to be a political coup for China, giving it an inroad into Western Europe and a symbolic boost in a then-raging trade war with the ******* States. But Italy says the promised economic benefits didn’t materialize, and its membership created friction with other Western ********* governments and the ******* States.

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Associated Press writer Giada Zampano in Rome contributed to this report.

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