UK, Italy Sign Export, Investment Partnership

The U.K. and Italy signed an export and investment partnership during British Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch's visit to Rome, the Department for International Trade announced. The partnership will seek to boost U.K. and Italian "investment links" and "exports in high-performing and growth sectors," including life sciences and digital and tech, the department said. The deal also will look to promote inward investment, including "low-carbon industries such as Offshore Wind and Carbon Capture Storage," the department said. As part of the agreement, Badenoch will co-chair the first U.K. and Italy CEO Forum, which will bring executives together to spur interest in investment in the U.K.