The first direct freight train from China arrived in Germany on the New Silk Road

Belarus is restructuring its foreign trade logistics, looking to new markets, intensifying cooperation with countries that are already importing Belarusian products. Belarus is looking for new transport routes through Central Asian countries, particularly Uzbekistan.

The Eurasian landbridge has contributed to increased sustainable connectivity between the EU and China during the decade of the 2010s. Felicitously, this market-driven development preceded, and also complemented, major foreign economic policy announcements by China and the EU and reinforces their goal of increased connectivity. The resulting connectivity is likely to survive any bilateral political debacles because the economic foundation is strong