Italy's Meloni visits China with trade high on agenda

On a five-day visit to China, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has vowed to “relaunch” economic cooperation with Beijing and “rebalance trade”. She has also sought to position herself as a potential mediator between China and the EU as the two blocs butt heads, especially on the issue of Chinese electric vehicle imports. In this edition, we look at what could make Meloni’s job harder.