Italy and the Comprehensive Agreement on Investments: disappointment over the process

Francesca Ghiretti ()
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Francesca Ghiretti: Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

Asia Europe Journal, 2022, vol. 20, issue 1, No 7, 39-46

Abstract: Abstract The formal conclusion of the Comprehensive Agreement on Investments (CAI) has drawn much criticism. Criticisms for member states did not always recognise the same critical points. The case of Italy presents an instance in which the issue rather than laying in the content of the agreement was identified in the process. Not only had Italy been marginalised in the process of negotiation that led to the conclusion of the CAI, but also exponents from the government claim that leading negotiators, amongst which France and Germany, ignored Italy’s doubts about the deal when these were raised. Beyond politics, the paper shows that the Italian business community displays a response to the agreement in line with that of the rest of the EU in its positive assessment of the outcome.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/s10308-021-00630-6

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