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Italy worried by Chinese drone buyout
By EUobserver
Italy has opened a fresh investigation into a Chinese buyout of Italian military drone-maker Alpi Aviation in 2018, Reuters reports. Italian authorities were paying "utmost attention" to the matter, a source noted, with the enquiry potentially leading to a scrapping of the deal. EU foreign ministers also discussed tighter "foreign investor screening" in talks on future EU defence strategy on Monday.