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White House quietly drops WTO, ILO from foreign aid cut list

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (R) listens during a bilateral meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Polish President Karol Nawrocki in the Oval Office at the White House on September 3, 2025 in Washington, DC.[AFP]


The World Trade Organization and the International Labour Organization told AFP on Thursday that they no longer figured among entities targeted in the White House's latest round of foreign aid cuts.

US President Donald Trump's Republican administration announced last Friday that it was cancelling $4.9 billion of congressionally-approved foreign aid, sparking outrage among Democrats.

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