Category: SME

In an editorial published in Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, Professor Gustavo Piga of the University of Rome – Tor Vergata, an activist in Italian politics and and a leader in the international procurement community, responded to an article by Christopher Yukins assessing the Trump administration’s latest Buy American initiative.  Professor Piga argued that, though the actual impact of the Trump order might be minimal (as Professor Yukins pointed out), Italian policymakers should emulate U.S. support for small businesses, which the U.S. undertakes through protectionist preferences.  Professor Piga closed:  “GliStatiUniti lo insegnano chiaramente: non pensando per le piccole, smettiamo di pensare in grande.”  (“The United States clearly teaches this:  by not thinking of the small, we stop thinking big.”).