Washington’s further retreat from multilateral institutions has dealt “a heavy blow” to an already fractured global governance system, presenting both opportunities and challenges for Beijing, according to analysts.
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Only a functioning multilateral system could prevent “the spread of the law of the jungle” and a return to “might makes right” and “force is justice”, Mao said.
On Wednesday, Trump signed an executive order suspending American support for 66 organisations, agencies and commissions, including 31 UN agencies and 35 others unaffiliated with the world body “that operate contrary to US national interests, security, economic prosperity or sovereignty”, according to a White House statement.
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Many of the targeted bodies focus on climate, labour, migration and other issues the Trump administration has accused of catering to diversity and “woke” initiatives.
