A recent paper published by a Chinese university reveals BRI data in 2021, finding that the overall figures for BRI projects remained at a stable level compared to 2020, but with a geographic shift toward Africa and the Middle East.

A new Congressional Research Service report on the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) lays out a wide range of issues for Congress related to this agency, including the DFC's role in "countering China."

On December 2, U.S. Representatives Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Bill Johnson (R-OH) introduced legislation, H.R.6121 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6121?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22terri+sewell%22%2C%22terri%22%2C%22sewell%22%5D%7D&s=3&r=1] , called

Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) has introduced the Exposing China’s Belt and Road Investment in America Act of 2021 [https://www.kennedy.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/7/7/7761c7c8-1f5b-4b82-b32e-59d86cee0f9a/9C39928D30260C3333F460C163265018.ros21g09.pdf] , which he said [https://www.kennedy.senate.gov/public/2021/10/kennedy-introduces-bill-to-increase-scrutiny-over-chinese-investments-on-u-s-soil] is designed "to review

In an event put on by the Peterson Institute, Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council, discussed [https://www.piie.com/events/brian-deese-vision-behind-g7s-build-back-better-world-initiative] the Biden administration's Build Back Better World (B3W) partnership, and in that context offered some comments on how the administration's

The European Commission released [https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=2294] its "39th Annual Report [https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2021/august/tradoc_159782.PDF] from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the EU’s Anti-Dumping, Anti-Subsidy and Safeguard

There have been several recent developments related to China-Africa economic relations arising from the visit to Africa by State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. At a January 4 press conference [https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1844368.shtml], Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying discussed