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US DFC looks to balance foreign policy and development mandates

US DFC looks to balance foreign policy and development mandates

By Adva Saldinger

During the Trump administration, the U.S. International Development Finance Corp. made numerous foreign policy-related commitments, but it may have overpromised what it would or should do.

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