Is the Blue Dot Network America’s Answer to Belt and Road?

Is the Blue Dot Network America’s Answer to Belt and Road?
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a closing session at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris on Oct. 6, 2021. Patrick Semansky/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Crispin Rovere
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has put China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on notice after announcing that the U.S.-led Blue Dot Network would be seeking to help bridge the global infrastructure investment gap and establish a vehicle for market-driven and sustainable infrastructure projects.

“The Blue Dot Network seeks to help bridge the global infrastructure investment gap by establishing a globally recognised symbol of market-driven, transparent, and sustainable infrastructure projects,” Blinken said at the OECD conference in Paris.