Foreign infrastructure investments tend to increase cross-border economic activity between investor and recipient …”), or whether the infrastructure investment leads to an increase in overall trade (a “lifting all boats hypothesis”). Our …-border economic activity (imports, exports, and M&A flows) with China is accompanied by a decrease in activity with third party …

issues in China’s new development stage. The year 2023 marks the tenth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI … remarkable achievements in promoting connectivity and cooperative development between China and participating countries, and has …

Since 2011 regular freight rail services have been established between the European Union and China. This article …