The Sound Of Economics

**Bruegel fellows Alicia García-Herrero and Uri Dadush join Guntram Wolff for this Director's Cut of 'The Sound of Economics', focusing on the progress made by China's Belt and Road Initiative, how it will continue to develop, and the reactions it has stirred across the world.** China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a trade and development strategy proposed by Xi Jinping in 2013\. It aims to enhance development prospects via infrastructure, trade, and investment on a trans-continental scale, and is hence often referred to as 'the 21st century's Silk Road'. Five years after its launch, how well has the BRI been received and how much potential does it still hold? Two Bruegel scholars, Alicia García-Herrero and Uri Dadush sit down with Bruegel's director Guntram Wolff to discuss their analyses of the initiative. In a recent [Policy Contribution](http://bruegel.org/2019/01/the-belt-and-road-turns-five/), Uri Dadush and Michael Baltensperger reflect on the background and context of the BRI, and critically a