Jake Sullivan: B3W Will Show How Americans Can Outcompete China on Infrastructure

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaking to the media in the White Press Briefing Room.

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (photo) reiterated what’s has become a common talking point in Washington: that the administration’s Build Back Better World (B3W) initiative is going to challenge China’s Belt and Road Initiative head-on.

Sullivan spoke to the media on Tuesday in the White House Briefing Room to talk about the President’s upcoming European trip to attend the COP 26 climate conference in Scotland and the G20 summit in Rome. On several occasions during his remarks, Sullivan returned to B3W and said clearly that he’s confident that when it eventually launches (still TBD by the way), this new initiative will outcompete the BRI in “every aspect”:

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