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In detail
6 May 2020
Italian Economic Diplomacy 06 May: latest news from the world

Sparkle boosts its Pacific routes by adding a fibre pair on Google’s Curie submarine cable Sparkle announces the enhancement of its American backbone and boosting of its Pacific routes with a new fibre pair on the Curie submarine cable system connecting Chile to the US. Google-owned Curie is the first direct new generation US-Chile cable […]

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Diplomatic Network
6 May 2020
Washington: ‘Stay at Home and #cookitalian’ campaign

At a time when Italians and Americans are called to stay at home to contain the risk of contagion from COVID-19, the Italian Embassy in Washington, together with the 9 Italian Consulates in the USA and the network of ICE offices, has launched the Stay at home and #cookitalian campaign. Its main aim is supporting […]

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Diplomatic Network
5 May 2020
IIC Los Angeles: four video concerts with Antonio Lysy

A series of four video concerts organized by the acclaimed Italian cellist Antonio Lysy: this is the proposal of the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles for its Maggio Musicale. Lysy has performed as a soloist in major theatres around the world, alongside prestigious orchestras such as the Philharmonia Orchestras of London, the Camerata Academica […]

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Diplomatic Network
30 April 2020
Embassy in Ottawa: over 500 companies at the webinar on Canada

More than 500 companies took part in the webinar organised by the Italian Embassy in Ottawa and the ICE Agency in Toronto on April 22nd, the third event in a series of meetings to inform and support Italian companies interested in the Canadian market. After the opening speech by the President of the ICE Agency, […]

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Diplomatic Network
30 April 2020
Earth from Space: IIC webinar in Los Angeles

“Reflections on Earth seen from space” is the title of the webinar organised on Tuesday May 5th by the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, in cooperation with the Institutes of New York, Washington D.C. and San Francisco. The journalist Maria Teresa Cometto from New York will lead a conversation with Cinzia Zuffada, Associate Chief […]

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In detail
24 April 2020
Corporate financing under the United States Government’s “Paycheck Protection Program”. Second tranche and access by foreign-owned U.S. companies

Washington, April 24, 2020. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) has introduced a wide range of instruments to mitigate the negative effects of Covid-19. Such tools range from loans and grants for businesses to measures in support of personal income, from the expansion of the social safety net to increased health […]

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In detail
10 April 2020
Corporate financing under the US Government’s “Paycheck Protection Program”. Access by foreign-owned companies under U.S. law

Washington, April 10, 2020. With the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), the US government has introduced a wide range of instruments to mitigate the negative effects of Covid-19. Such tools range from loans and grants for businesses to personal income support measures, from the expansion of the social safety net to […]

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Diplomatic Network
2 April 2020
ItalyStayStrong: fundraising of the Italian Embassy in USA and Issnaf

The Embassy of Italy in Washington and the Italian Scientist and Scholars in North America Foundation (Issnaf) have launched the #ItalyStayStrong fundraising campaign through the GoFundMe crowdfunding platform. The money will be donated to three frontline medical and research centres fighting Coronavirus. The centres chosen are the Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases in […]

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Press Releases
15 February 2020
Scalfarotto: satisfaction for the exclusion of Italian products from the new US tariffs

Great satisfaction for the US Government’s decision not to apply additional trade tariffs to Italian products was expressed by Undersecretary Scalfarotto, who, together with officials from our Embassy in Washington, had recently met US Government officials raising awareness about the negative effects of further tariffs on Italian products, with the support also of over 40 […]

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Diplomatic Network
12 February 2020
United States congressmen in support of Italian products

Within the framework of the actions undertaken by the Farnesina in defense of Italian export, following the initiative of Under-Secretary Ivan Scalfarotto, with the support of the Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C., 40 members of the United States Congress sent a bipartisan letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer voicing their objections to the import […]

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