Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto on Sunday criticised the country’s decision to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2019, calling it an “improvised and atrocious decision”. According to him, the move has done little to bolster Italy’s exports and has only emboldened China’s prospects.Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto on Sunday criticised the country’s decision to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2019, calling it an “improvised and atrocious decision”. According to him, the move has done little to bolster Italy’s exports and has only emboldened China’s prospects.