On two recent occasions, Chinese officials have expressed willingness to coordinate with the United States and European Union on their infrastructure investment initiatives that were designed to counter the influence of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

During a recent meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Argentine President Alberto Fernández, the two governments signed multiple documents indicating more collaboration on trade, investment, currency, and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

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