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Italy Joins China's New Silk Road Project

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132 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 23 Mar 19 13:13 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Leary ◴[23 Mar 19 15:13 UTC] No.19470770[source]▶
If the US wants to counter China's Belt and Road Project, it should offer a suitable alternative instead of merely talking about how it's debt trap diplomacy.
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1. bilbo0s ◴[23 Mar 19 16:31 UTC] No.19471091[source]▶
Point taken.

Because now I think about it, the world bank and other western trade facilities are also, at heart, simply "debt trap diplomacy" as well.

We need to come up with something new.