Dr. Anna Ashton
Director of Policy, U.S.-China Business Council
Dr. Ashton has extensive experience in U.S.-China trade and investment relations, focusing on the implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
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Global Business / Economy
Is China's Belt and Road Initiative a Development Program — or the Most Ambitious Debt Trap in the History of Geopolitics?Is China's Belt and Road Initiative a visionary infrastructure program or a debt trap in disguise? Dr. David Dollar, Dr. Anna Ashton, and Dr. Debra K. Hwang debate whether $1 trillion in global infrastructure investment is genuinely closing the development gap — or quietly entrenching smaller nations in financial dependency and reduced sovereignty.