G20: EU and US back trade corridor linking Europe, Middle East and India
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Joe Biden describes ambitious rail and sea plan to counter China’s Belt and Road project as a ‘really big deal’

A working group will lay out fuller plans over the next 60 days, including a timeline for building the infrastructure.

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  • zephyreks@programming.dev
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    10 months ago

    The leaders did not lay out who would be paying for the project. A working group will lay out fuller plans over the next 60 days, including a timeline for building the infrastructure.

    About to end up like California HSR. Tens of billions of dollars overbudget, behind schedule, and otherwise useless because the first section is between two rural towns.

    Edit: I know people are going to correct me and say that Merced (86333p), Fresno (544510p), and Bakersfield (403455p) are cities… And fine, but is that really worth 35 billion USD in taxpayer money? The problem is that there are so many stakeholders in a project like this and everyone wants different things.