EU weighs response to drastic US cuts in international assist: ‘America First’, growing world final? | EUROtoday

Trade, defence and Ukraine usually are not the one areas through which the EU is going through a large problem from the Trump administration. The US president’s “America First” agenda is having a big impact on the growing world. In March, it was introduced that 83 % of USAID programmes and contracts had been being terminated. These programmes “don’t serve US interests”, members of the Trump authorities say. But critics – together with some MEPs in Brussels – say the de-funding is costing lives, for instance in relation to therapies for HIV.
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20250411-eu-weighs-response-to-drastic-us-cuts-in-foreign-aid-america-first-developing-world-last