Republican members of the U.S. Congress introduced two bills on Tuesday aimed at helping developing countries resist Chinese infrastructure investments and requiring the federal government to develop a comprehensive counter-strategy against Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative. The bills, named the Thwarting Regional Adversary Investments Now Act (TRAIN Act) and the Build Responsible Infrastructure Development for the Global Economy Act (BRIDGE Act), were jointly proposed by Republican federal representatives Scott Fitzgerald from Wisconsin and Zach Nunn from Iowa. The TRAIN Act authorizes the U.S. State Department to assist non-adversarial partner countries in assessing and addressing legal and financial risks before accepting…
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