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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

US Aims to Raise $200 Bln as Part of G7 Rival to China’s Belt & Road

(L-R) Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, European Council President Charles Michel, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, US President Joe Biden, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attend a working dinner session on the first day of the three-day G7 summit at Schloss Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 26 June 2022. (EPA)

The United States aims to raise $200 billion in private and public funds over five years to fund needed infrastructure in developing countries under a G7 initiative aimed at countering China's multitrillion-dollar Belt and Road project, the White House said on Sunday.

US President Joe Biden will unveil the plans, flanked by other Group of Seven leaders, some of whom have already unveiled their own separate initiatives, at their annual gathering being held this year at Schloss Elmau in southern Germany.

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