Asia needs US 8 22 trillion to fund its infrastructure investment from 2010 to 2020 and existing lending institutions such as the ADB are unable to meet these requirements The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank AIIB can potentially provide up to US 30 billion of funding a year Every geographical region except North and Central America is represented in the AIIB The United States and Japan are the only East Asia Summit members not in the AIIB The participation of European countries transforms the AIIB from a regional institution with a singular power base China to an entity that is broad based and inclusive Washington s response to the AIIB initiative has been a strategic misreading that failed to anticipate its allies reactions in warming up to and eventually supporting the proposal East Asian countries will now be watching what effect the Chinese initiative and American non participation will have on the U S rebalance to Asia

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