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Historical economic agreement between the European Union and China: after seven years of negotiations and thirty-five mediation meetings, on 30 December 2020 Brussels and Beijing announced the "Comprehensive Agreement on Investment" (CAI), a bilateral agreement for economic investment worth 600 billion euros. The agreement, the details of which will have to be defined, opens up the Chinese market [...]

Zero carbon emissions by 2050 as required by the EU targets would lead to the creation of 5 million new jobs in Europe. And Italy would be the country able to take advantage of this socio-economic boom, thanks to the production of hydrogen and its competitiveness in the renewable energy sector. Prospects for a bright future that emerge from the report "Net-Zero Europe” conducted and published by t [...]

A total of 182.9 million euros was allocated in 2021 for the promotion of agri-food products within and outside the EU. The work programme on promotion policy focuses in particular on the promotion of agricultural products and methods that more directly support the objectives of the European Green Deal, giving priority to organic products, fruit and vegetables and sustainable agriculture. "The pol [...]

New rules on the export, import and shipment of plastic waste within the EU, are those adopted by the European Commission to prohibit the export of plastic waste from the EU to non-OECD countries, with the exception of clean plastic waste destined for recycling. Exports of plastic waste from the EU to OECD countries and imports into the EU will also be subject to stricter controls. Over the past d [...]

The second wave of the pandemic is holding back the recovery of the European economy. This is what emerges from Istat’s new EURO-ZONE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK report. "After the marked increase in the third quarter - the press release accompanying the document reads - economic activity in the euro area is expected to decline in the fourth quarter, conditioned by the health emergency and the new measures t [...]

The Commission has approved the Italian scheme which allocates 130 million euros to airlines to compensate for the damage suffered as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Once the green light will be given by the Commission, the Italian Government will be able to provide support in the form of direct subsidies to airlines for losses caused directly by the COVID-19 pandemic and the travel restrict [...]