The formal conclusion of the Comprehensive Agreement on Investments (CAI) has drawn much criticism. Criticisms for member states did not always recognise the same critical points. The case of Italy presents an instance in which the issue rather than laying in the content of the agreement was identified in the process. Not only had Italy been marginalised in the process of negotiation that led to the conclusion of the CAI, but also exponents from the government claim that leading negotiators, amongst which France and Germany, ignored Italy’s doubts about the deal when these were raised. Beyond politics, the paper shows that the Italian business community displays a response to the agreement in line with that of the rest of the EU in its positive assessment of the outcome.

全面投资协议（CAI）的正式缔结引起了很多批评。对成员国的批评并不总是承认相同的关键点。意大利的案例提供了一个例子，在这个例子中，问题而不是协议的内容是在过程中被确定的。不仅意大利在导致 CAI 缔结的谈判过程中被边缘化，而且政府的支持者声称，包括法国和德国在内的主要谈判代表在提出这些质疑时忽略了意大利对该协议的怀疑。除了政治之外，该报告还显示，意大利商界对该协议的反应与欧盟其他国家对结果的积极评价一致。