BRI cooperation will drive economic recovery post-COVID-19: experts Xinhua | Updated: 2020-12-18 14:27 The Belt & Road Brand Expo in Shanghai, June 30, 2018. [Photo/IC]
KUALA LUMPUR - The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will play a key role in post-COVID-19 economic recovery, according to academics participating in the International Forum on New Inclusive Asia 2020 (IFNIA 2020) on Thursday.
In his opening remarks, Ong Tee Keat, founding chairman of the Center for New Inclusive Asia, a think tank based in Kuala Lumpur, said the BRI offered hope for the continuity of multilateralism and free trade which had been under assault in recent years.
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