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Dec 2021
22m 55s

Can the EU's infrastructure plan compete...

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The European Union has unveiled a global infrastructure plan called the Global Gateway strategy. It's seen as an attempt to rival China's Belt and Road Initiative with the goal of investing in developing countries and boosting trade links worldwide. But can the bloc compete with Beijing?

Join host Halla Mohieddeen.

With guests:

Zainab Usman - Director, Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Luisa Santos - Deputy Director General at BusinessEurope.

Victor Gao - Vice-President of the Center for China and Globalization.

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