Build Back Better

1. Revival of Old Silk Road

2. Global Supply Chain
3. G7, leading by US
4. First mention by Henry clinton
5. 40 Trillion by 2035
6. West think that China BRI is not transparent, infrastructure is leading to environmental
destruction, and HR
7. Blue dot network
8. Private sector led initiative
9. Social and economic: health, technology, empowerment of women, gender based,
Value given initiative
10. US commitment is dubious

BRI

1. Intro
a. Belt: Physical Infrastructure and road: martime route
b. Some see as a economic opp and other threat
c. Massive trade network and political vision
d. Started with the Xi Jingping announcement of rivial of old silk route in
Kazakhastan, a route that linked Europe, Asia and Middle for 2000 years
e. Building things from sratch, Upgrading Infrastructure, Loans, making
investments, 2600 projects1.3 trillion by 2027
f. Geo-political impact
g. China own model of economic contrary to the west provide with conditions
h. 7 million people out of poverty
i. Debt trap
j. OBOR initially
k. Six different routes
l. More than hundered states
m. US policy to contain china through Obama policy of reblance with strategic
partnership with Asian and creating Malacca strait
n. China as emerging economy: soft power
o. Chinese economic model
p. Want to pay it share of world vision free of poverty
q. Execcessive capital and want to invest
r. Want to develop west and south west region
2. CPEC
a.

Policy Coordination

1. Infra Connectivity
 2. Unimpeded trade
3. Financila Integ
4. Connecting people

Imperial hangover Xi Jiang Ping