The premier’s office is working closely with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the visit. But the trade mission is still expected to cause some concern.
Although the state government has kept DFAT informed of its plans, the trip – which could occur within days – will cause some unease in Canberra considering the history of Victoria’s previous Belt and Road Initiative agreements with China.BRI is a $1.5 trillion global infrastructure initiative made up of railways, ports, roads, pipelines, power stations and industrial parks, co-funded and mostly built by China.
As Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature foreign policy, it was pitched as an economic stimulus program across Asia and the Indo-Pacific. And while BRI has been incredibly influential, it has also been criticised for creating bungled projects and debt traps.
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