EU includes companies linked to Beijing on board of Global Gateway, its alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Last month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed a group of businesses that had been enlisted to help the bloc’s flagship infrastructure programme, the Global Gateway.

The new business advisory board would “help us to work closer together and deliver faster on the green and digital transitions, boosting the economy of our partners and the EU”, von der Leyen said.