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 …

underdeveloped modern railway infrastructure. The study identified some potential scenarios for the route of the New Silk Road, i …

) railway lines to tackle three debates surrounding this initiative: its scope, whether this is a merely economic scheme or also … its implications on EU-China relations, with emphasis on trade imbalances and the consolidation of global value chains … people, and scholars from China, Germany, and Spain. …