Inside the small agency with a grand plan for Trump’s global energy dominance – Centre for Climate Reporting
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The U.S. Trade and Development Agency is working to push gas to emerging markets as part of Donald Trump’s plans for global energy dominance.
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    9 months ago

    But a pivot to fossil fuels could show that USTDA is a valuable tool for an administration looking for a more transactional approach to international development. Its small team, which has staff in D.C. and in U.S. embassies across the world, can have a mighty impact: For every dollar it spends on programming, it generates on average $231 in U.S. exports.

    As if 231:1 is somehow not transactional enough.