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Government will now provide weedicide and fertilizer subsidies to boost production of non-sugar crops

The fundamentals of DFC's work must be articulated to drive investments that improve lives and advance U.S. foreign policy interests.

The Trump administration’s national security strategy calls for consolidating aid programs and making them efficient and effective at U.S. foreign policy. Great idea. Unfortunately, it’s led some on Capitol Hill to propose legislation that will, if anything, make matters worse.

The current year will be an important inflection point for transatlantic relations. A new U.S. Administration and Congress should focus on reinforcing the transatlantic partnership and working with European allies to address threats from aggressive state actors, while meeting the monumental challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The real policy differences between the U.S. and Europe on key issues will not disappear under a Biden presidency, but the need to work together remains essential: U...

During debate over the BUILD Act (Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act)—a bill that would rename and double the size of the Overseas Private Investment Corp.—proponents asserted that it was needed to counter China’s aggressive “One Belt, One Road” debt-trap diplomacy initiative that finances infrastructure projects in developing countries.  The question is, will BUILD, passed by Congress last year, counter China? Judging by the Overseas Private Investment Corp....

In November 2017, an international grouping declared dead in 2008 was reborn. That month saw the first meeting of a new iteration of the “Quad”—an assembly of government representatives from Australia, India, Japan, and the U.S. In some ways, it was the physical manifestation of several complementary geostrategic trends: growing comfort and convergence among the four democracies, growing apprehension about China’s rise and threats to international rules and norms setting, and an emerging...

PM stressed the need to ensure energy conservation with its effective and better utilization.

Introduction There is a great deal of discussion among U.S. policymakers today about the challenges that China’s rising power presents for the United States. This discussion is welcome news as China, under the governance of the Chinese Communist Party, presents a combination of risks the United States has never before faced.

If the Biden administration wants to forge stronger bonds with African governments in the lead up to mid-December’s US-Africa Leaders Summit, it will have to focus on meeting the needs of those governments during a particularly difficult economic period. One useful but greatly underutilized instrument of support is the US guarantee on foreign governments’ external borrowing.

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