Creativity key for U.S. to best China in infrastructure race

Biden's PGII can take lessons from successes involving private sector

James Carouso and Scot Marciel

October 20, 2022 17:00 JST

President Joe Biden speaks about the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment in Elmau, Germany, on June 26: The U.S. and its partners must adopt a more systematic strategic approach. © dpa/AP

James Carouso leads the advisory board to the Australia chair of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. Scot Marciel is the Oksenberg-Rohlen Fellow at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center of Stanford University and a former U.S. ambassador to ASEAN, Indonesia and Myanmar. Both are senior advisers at strategic advisory firm BowerGroupAsia.