Gordon Brown, Britain’s former Prime Minister, is at the forefront of the China Belt and Road Initiative – a road and sea route linking up China with the West. The initiative – discussed later this month at a conference in Edinburgh – will provide substantial opportunities for investment and developments between the east and west.
Known as the BRI, the project – costing $95 billion – will provide an immense opportunity to sell goods, infrastructure and advisory services to various wealthy clients around the world. brown is an appropriate choice for leading this venture (at Edinburgh University) since not only was he a rector there but during his time at the helm of British politics, he was a huge supporter of the promotion of trade links with China. At the conference he is set to offer participants his “unique geopolitical perspective on the continued development and influence of Asia and China on global trade.”
The BRI has also been hailed as “a road map to the future…offer[ing] a modern-day solution that fosters inclusive growth and development in the 21st century.” Spanning 60+ countries and regions from Asia to Europe, the goal is that by 2050 it will “contribute 80 per cent of global GDP growth, and advance three billion more people into the middle class.”