The abrupt suspension of USAid funding has created chaos in humanitarian aid and development programs worldwide. Analysts argue that this move inadvertently gives China a strategic advantage, allowing it to bolster its global influence at a time when the US is stepping back.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump in 2017. Analysts say the sudden shutdown of USAid provides Beijing with a ‘perfect opportunity’ to increase its own global influence.Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump in 2017. Analysts say the sudden shutdown of USAid provides Beijing with a ‘perfect opportunity’ to increase its own global influence.
Global dynamics have been dominated by the ongoing US-China competition and a key battlefront is in the development sector as Washington and its allies vie against Beijing for influence in the global south. “The US and Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan, we have a strong interest in living in a world of liberal democracies and economies,” said George Ingram, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s center for sustainable development and a former USAid official.
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