Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

SINGAPORE (May 13): The bad news on the global front does not seem to subside. US President Donald Trump’s renewed threats to impose additional tariffs on Chinese exports have aroused another bout of fear of a trade war. There have also been growing con

(Apr 29): Over the next few days, China’s President Xi Jinping is hosting a global Belt and Road Initiative conference in Beijing for political and business leaders. The BRI captures a number of policy initiatives such as infrastructure builds, social o

(Mar 13): China’s thirst for overseas energy investments is slaking, at least by one tally.

SINGAPORE (Dec 1): The Singapore-Zhejiang Economic and Trade Council (SZETC) is set to drive more opportunities for Singapore companies in trade, cross-border e-commerce, professional services and innovation, in line with China’s Belt and Road Initiativ

SINGAPORE (July 20): China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – formerly known as One Belt, One Road (OBOR) – represents an economic development funding plan that is worth about US$4 trillion ($5.5 trillion) in foreign direct investment (FDI) along tw

SINGAPORE (June 23): With the Asean-5 looking to improve their global competitiveness in the years ahead, HSBC Global Research is anticipating a regional shift in spending from power and telecoms, to the largely-neglected transport infrastructure segmen

(June 5): Hardly a day passes these days without some news item that breathlessly reports yet another threat to Singapore’s regional hub position. There is much concern about China’s mega projects under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which some s

SINGAPORE (June 2): China announced last month that an additional US$136 billion ($189 bilion) of funding will be provided to support the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) infrastructure projects.