European Union
The number of nations in the EU?
What is 28?
Use something for maximum advantage
What is Leverage?
PLA
What is the People's Liberation Army?
High interest rates with short repayment terms
What is a debt trap?
Innovations intended to mitigate or reverse the effects of human activity on the environment.
What is Green Technology?
The first G7 country to join BRI.
What is Italy?
$500 Billion per year
What is the funding gap for Chinese banks and their BRI ambitions?
BRI
What is the Belt and Road initiative?
Steps taken by governments that find it difficult to pay their debt
What are austerity measures?
This mode of transportation decreases uses of traditional fossil fuels.
What is rail travel?
The BRI rail routes connect to these two Western European cities.
What are London and Madrid?
International trade consists of these two elements:
What are goods and services?
CEEC
What is China and Central-Eastern Europe Countries,16+1
BRI nations cannot discuss this because of their debt to China.
What is China's record on Human Rights abuses?
BRI hurts land in these three ways.
land destruction: deforestation, soil erosion, species destruction.
Joining the BRI may prevent the EU from this economic illness.
What is a recession?
The World Bank finds the BRI may reduce the number of people in poverty by this amount.
What is 32 million people?
MOU
What is a memorandum of understanding?
The Maritime Silk Road promotes growth of this element of the PLA.
What is China's navy?
Dredging for this type of development hurts ocean environments.
What are Deep Water Ports?
Other BRI European nations:
What are Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal?
(Name at least 3)
This technological development can aid trade and potentially affect political oppression.
What is 5G?
The AfCFTA
What is the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)?
Polar Silk Road
What is the militarization of the Arctic with Russia and China?
China will ensure the newly built infrastructure must be climate-resilient, environment-conscious and community-friendly for the world.
What are Green Investment Principles?