Italy brands win with Silk Road-Di Maio

(ANSA) - Rome, March 15 - Deputy Premier and Labour and Industry Minister Luigi Di Maio said Friday that signing up for China's infrastructure initiative to create a sort of modern Silk Road will boost Italy's sovereignty rather than reduce it.
    "Today the Made in Italy brand wins," Di Maio said after a meeting with Premier Giuseppe Conte and other senior government figures.
    "Italy has decided to be more sovereign with the Belt and Road Initiative.
    "It is not a political agreement with China but a trade opportunity.
    "Indeed, the United States remains our main ally and NATO is our natural home.
    "This is a surge forward by Italy, a change of pace towards the future".