The Belt and Road Initiative is also expanding its geographic footprint, adding several new members, some of whom have close relations with the U.S., between 2021 and 2023.

The following is the May 16, 2024, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, China’s “One Belt, One Road” Initiative: Economic Issues. From the report The People’s Republic of China ...

The Belt and Road Initiative is also expanding its geographic footprint, adding several new members, some of whom have close relations with the U.S., between 2021 and 2023.

Colombia formally agreed on Wednesday to join China's vast Belt and Road infrastructure initiative, as Beijing draws Latin America closer in a bid to counter the United States. On the sidelines of ...

1. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) spans over 140 countries, cutting across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimates ...

New set of bills would counter CCP's Belt and Road initiative: 'we can mute China's siren song' One bill would use tariffs on Chinese goods to offset moving costs for companies to come to the U.S.

China is hoping to expand its strategic footprint in the South Caucasus, signing agreements with Azerbaijan and Georgia in recent months designed to expand East-West trade via the Middle Corridor.

China has summoned the Panamanian ambassador to complain about the country's decision to pull out of the Belt and Road Initiative. Assistant foreign minister Zhao Zhiyuan said on Friday that ...

Bogotá, Colombia. Colombian President Gustavo Petro has formalized his country’s entry into China’s Belt and Road Initiative, or New Silk Road, a sprawling geoeconomic development project ...

The “Belt and Road Initiative” — established in 2013 as China’s main project for investing in foreign infrastructure — has ultimately increased its influence around the world.

Iraq's $17 billion Strategic Development Road (SDR) will create a transport corridor from Basra to Europe, linking with China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).