Biden’s advisor to visit Ecuador for economic plan to counter China

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Deputy National Security Advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden Daleep Singh on Monday (27) is starting a tour of Colombia, Ecuador and Panama to begin shaping a major infrastructure plan with which the U.S. aims to counter China’s advance.

Singh landed in Colombia on Sunday on a trip that will run through Thursday, during which he will meet with Colombian President Iván Duque and Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso, as well as with several Panamanian Ministers and representatives of different sectors of the three countries.

The aim of his tour is to listen to ideas for designing an infrastructure project that Biden intends to launch as an alternative to China’s One Belt, One Road project, explained a senior U.S. official during a telephone press conference.

In June, Biden convinced the other G7 member countries to join him in launching the initiative, called “Build back better for the world,” which seeks to invest in infrastructure in developing countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and the Indo-Pacific.

The White House is still developing this initiative and plans to present it “early next year,” according to the official, who requested anonymity.