Donald Trump’s spending freeze may look like an open goal, but Beijing could still struggle to take advantage of the situation
Across Africa, thousands of workers in the US-funded healthcare programmes are now being placed on unpaid leave.
In Kenya, more than 30,000 healthcare workers, including doctors and nurses that work under US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar) – a programme credited with saving more than 25 million lives – are facing job losses.
Pepfar aims to reduce the spread of HIV and Aids in more than 50 countries by providing millions of dollars for prevention, treatment and research.
Charlie Robertson, an emerging markets economist and author of The Time-Travelling Economist, said Trump’s suspension of foreign aid was a “huge gift to China”.
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