Trade by sea with Asia and Oceania is worth €123.9 billion, accounting for 5.6 per cent of Italy’s GDP. Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Veneto and Piedmont account for 61.8 per cent of this trade. The risks following tensions on Red Sea routes and the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz

There will be no disastrous impact on public finances, nor any scrapping of workers’ protections, but merely measures to improve the competitiveness of domestic producers. Granelli (Confartigianato) speaks out

Since 2019, loans to small and medium-sized enterprises have fallen by 34 billion, representing a 25.9 per cent decline for craftspeople. “The role that the new Artigiancassa will have to play is crucial,” emphasises President Marco Granelli