Not everything is struggle and misery for Huawei these days. The Chinese tech giant announced on Monday it plans to invest $3.1 billion in Italy in the next three years (as the company aims to strengthen its European presence).

Speaking at an event in Milan, Thomas Miao (chief executive of Huawei’s Italian unit) mentioned that 1,000 jobs would be added in the country.

I previously wrote that the UK was likely to let Huawei build 5G networks for its national phone operators. Now it seems Italy is going that route as well. Rome passed a decree last week strengthening its powers in infrastructure projects concerning the implementation of 5G. The decree must be approved by the Italian parliament in the next 60 days or it shall expire. Miao called for the “5G golden powers” to be applied to EU vendors and non-EU firms alike.

“It is very important that the 5G technology is neutral,” Miao precised, adding that the new norms should apply “to all players to make sure that from day one we have a safe and reliable infrastructure”. Furthermore, he asked the government to speed up its vetting procedures. “In the worst case scenario up to 165 days may be needed to get approval for deals regarding 5G”.

As you can imagine, this isn’t necessarily pleasing the U.S. government and some of its allies… and so the tech trade war continues.