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US’s Late, Inadequate Answer to BRI Fails to Get Off Ground

But it generates controversy anyway

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John Berthelsen
Sep 17, 2020
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Last November, the United States, Japan, and Australia jointly announced the formation of an alliance called the Blue Dot Network, a plan ostensibly designed to counter China’s multi-trillion-plus dollar Belt and Road Initiative, the huge infrastructure plan that Beijing has championed for more than a decade to cement its global influence.

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