NEW CASTLE, Del.—U.S. President Joe Biden said he suggested to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a phone call on Friday that democratic countries should have an infrastructure plan to rival China’s Belt and Road initiative. “I suggested we should have, essentially, a similar initiative, pulling from the democratic states, helping those communities around the world that, in fact, need help,” Biden told reporters. The Trump administration rolled out a so-called “Blue Dot Network” aimed at competing with China’s Belt and Road initiative in November 2019. Then-U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the private-sector-led investment network was to offer clean infrastructure and clean financing, and would include countries committed to “sustainable infrastructure development.” Started with allies in Australia and Japan, the network is “a globally recognized seal of approval for major infrastructure projects, letting people know that projects are sustainable and not exploitative,” according to the U.S. government website. China’s Belt and Road Initiative …