“China’s BRI offers both opportunities and risks, and the prudent thing to do, which European countries are moving toward, is to explore its opportunities while being cautious of its risks,” Yuen Yuen Ang, an associate professor of political science at the University of Michigan specializing in China, told Newsweek.¶¶Conversely, she pointed out, “the U.S. slams the door on BRI because it sees its relationship with China in zero-sum terms.” Washington thinks “if China ‘wins,’ the U.S. ‘loses,’” she said.