What happens by changing iTunes Store Country?

Hi and thanks for reading.
I have an Italian iTunes Store account with about 350 purchased apps.
If I change my settings to a new store, i.e. US, by using an US credit card, can anybody confirm that I am supposed to be able to keep all my 350 apps in my HD and ready to be syncronized?
The extra questions are these:
When I am working with the US Apple ID:
1) what about the updates that are coming for the old Italian Applestore Apps?
2) can I download from the cloud the apps that I bought in the past from my Italian account and that are not in my iOS devices anymore?
Thank you.
Cheers

I have had issues with similar things. It appears that while the already downloaded Apps still work, updates (at least through iTunes) will not work after you switch country. I was told by Apple support that this is indeed the case. This being especially strange in my case as I changed store within the EU, and stayed within the same market.
While understandable for music / movies (that you cannot redownload) from a legal perspective (not that it is logical) and less of an issue with music since you can just keep a backup and you never need to upgrade the music, it makes no sense for apps to disable redownload / updates of apps that you have bought.

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