... 's 9.1% unemployment rate, chronic problems of inadequate infrastructure, corruption, and organized crime act as a substitute for job creation in the South. A substantial number of people are absorbed by the underground economy, but they work for low wages and without standard social benefits and protections. Italy's closest trade ties are with the other countries of the European Union, with whom it ... European Union (EU) in 1951 and it has been unbeneficial on Italy's export presence. Struggling between profitability and competitiveness Italy is forced to charge higher prices. Since Ita...

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