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The Economics of BRC and FOIP: Substitutes or Complements? (Complete)
TOKYO, October 8, 2019 — Experts explore two competing visions for the future of Asia: China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the West’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP). Speakers included Mihoko Kashiwakura, head of Japan for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Winston Wenyan Ma, investor and author; Heather Montgomery, senior associate professor, International Christian University (ICU); and Masaya Sakuragawa, professor of economics at Keio University. The conversation was moderated by Robert Feldman, senior advisor at Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd. (54 min., 44 sec.)