's two most prominent C&T-goods producing countries-Italy and Portugal. We explore these two countries' situation in a global … final demand for C&T-goods, and another range of country-specific trade patterns. Our main findings reveal that Italy was … international pressure from low-wage countries, whereas in Italy restructuring of C&Ttrade had comparatively less severe effects. …

We provide an in-depth analysis of Italy's export performance relative to the other main euro-area countries over the …