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[https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/us-aid-cuts-are-soft-power-surrender-china by theinterpreter] | [https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/us-aid-cuts-are-soft-power-surrender-china by theinterpreter] | ||
China is widely assumed to be the biggest beneficiary, although the full extent of the impact remains unquantified. A back-of-the-envelope calculation, however, offers some insight into the upheaval underway. It shows that the aid cuts will restore China as the world’s largest bilateral development partner, with the United States ceding larger partner status to China in more than 40 countries. | China is widely assumed to be the biggest beneficiary, although the full extent of the impact remains unquantified. A back-of-the-envelope calculation, however, offers some insight into the upheaval underway. It shows that the aid cuts will restore China as the world’s largest bilateral development partner, with the United States ceding larger partner status to China in more than 40 countries. | ||
=====Foreign aid from the United States saved millions of lives each year===== | |||
[https://ourworldindata.org/us-foreign-aid-saved-millions by Simon van Teutem and Hannah Ritchie 28/9/25 Our World in Data] | |||
In total dollars spent, the United States was the world’s largest foreign aid donor in 2023. It gave $62 billion, about the same as the next three largest donors combined: Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The chart below shows the ten largest givers. | |||
