China's Italian Ports in the Spotlight

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: China's Italian Ports in the Spotlight
المؤلفون: FRANCESCA SPIGARELLI, DOMINIQUE LEPORE
المساهمون: J-M. Blanchard, Spigarelli, Francesca, Lepore, Dominique
بيانات النشر: Routledge
GBR
Oxfordshire
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: Università di Macerata: UniMC - Pubblicazioni Aperte Digitali (U-PAD)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Settore SECS-P/06 - Economia Applicata
الوصف: With the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which positions Italy as a bridge between Europe and the Mediterranean area, Italian ports have been competing to attract container traffic and gain value from the growing trade flows with China. Nevertheless, Chinese investments in Mediterranean ports raise diverse concerns about European competitiveness as well as their geopolitical impact. These issues resurfaced after Italy committed itself to the BRI by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China in March 2019. This chapter maps and interprets the motivations for China’s involvement in the Italian port systems as well as its subsequent economic, social, and geopolitical implications. The analysis is based on the exemplary cases of Genoa, Trieste, and Venice ports. It shows that the Chinese investments may not always be successful due to political opposition, competition among ports, and/or the existence of European alternatives. Even so, when Chinese investors succeed in integrating with their Italian counterparts, as happened in the case of Genoa, they can bring economic and social gains by boosting the port’s domestic and international positioning as well as employment opportunities.
نوع الوثيقة: book part
وصف الملف: STAMPA (nel caso di documento pubblicato in versione cartacea)
اللغة: English
Relation: info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/isbn/9781032511061; ispartofbook:Chinese Overseas Ports in Europe and the Americas; firstpage:93; lastpage:109; numberofpages:17; alleditors:J-M. Blanchard; https://hdl.handle.net/11393/317590
DOI: 10.4324/9781003401148-5
الاتاحة: https://hdl.handle.net/11393/317590
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003401148-5
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.AA6B4AEF
قاعدة البيانات: BASE