2019年CRI BRI is not a one-way road: US business leader

 

The United States is not attending China's Belt and Road Forum¹ this year, citing concern with finances associated with the project.

Cui Tiankai, China's ambassador to the U.S., wrote in Fortune this week that Washington should embrace the opportunities offered by the Belt and Road Initiative.

He dismissed Western claims that BRI is a potential debt trap, and wrote that Chinese companies have generated over 2 billion US dollars and 300,000 jobs.

How do American companies view BRI? What do business leaders hope will happen with trade relations between the countries?

CRI contributor Daniel Macy spoke² with David Kosinski, managing director of Source Direct International. The company operates in Nanjing, in China's Jiangsu Province, and imports auto³ parts.

Kosinski says it is too simplistic to view BRI as a one-way road, because "roads go both ways."

"How much further ahead could we get if countries were co-investing and co-developing on these types of projects as opposed to countries that are going forward as a single flag bearer? " said Kosinski.

1 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。