AGAINST UNILATERALISM: UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL FOOD ASSISTANCE IN THE TRUMP GOVERNMENT
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International Food Assistance, United States, Donald Trump.Abstract
The United States has been characterized as the main donor of food assistance to the world since the 1950s, when international food donation programs were created. Upon reaching the White House, Donald Trump proposed to extinguish international food assistance programs as part of his foreign policy agenda of disengagement from international organizations and multilateralism. Despite this, what was perceived of his government was a continuation of this type of foreign aid. What factors contributed to the continuity of the United States' international food assistance? From an analysis of the Trump administration's foreign policy, the article points to three main reasons: (a) the contrary position of congressmen and members of the government to the foreign aid cuts proposed by the Trump administration's “American hawks”; (b) the strategic choice of Republican David Beasley as director-general of the World Food Program; and (c) lobbying by the iron triangle (agricultural producers and processors, shipping companies and distribution NGOs). The article helps to understand the influence that actors other than the head of state, and mediated by institutions (national or international), can have on American foreign policy.Downloads
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