Overview

• China's foreign ministry said Wang Yi will travel from Tuesday through Oct. 12 for meetings in Italy and Switzerland.
• He will attend the 12th China-Italy Government Committee session and the fourth China-Switzerland foreign ministers' strategic dialogue.
• The trip follows Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's late-July visit to Beijing, which produced a three-year action plan and multiple cooperation memorandums.
• Italy backed the European Commission's 2024 tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles but continues to court Chinese investment and collaboration.
• Rome recently determined Sinochem did not breach its 2023 restrictions at Pirelli, after previously using 'golden power' rules to curb the investor's influence.