China’s international lending projects have big potential impacts on oceans and coasts. By cooperating more closely with host countries, Beijing can make those projects more sustainable.
- Senior Academic Researcher in Global Development Policy, Boston University
Through its Belt and Road Initiative, China has become the world’s largest country-to-country lender. A new study shows that more than half of its loans threaten sensitive lands or Indigenous people.
Trump launched his trade war to save American manufacturing. An economist explains why it hasn’t worked out as planned.
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