According to the Financial Times, a year after the Trump administration cancelled hundreds of millions in labor rights funding, hard-won gains are now at risk. Due to cuts to USAID, the State Department and the Labor Department’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs, efforts to address some of the worst forms of human exploitation in places like Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Uzbekistan face significant setbacks.

One year after the disruptions to U.S. development aid, the dependence of Jordan’s economy and public services on U.S. support have been laid bare. The National reports on slowing progress in education, health care, infrastructure, and employment.

Cuts to food assistance and the freeze of key U.S. agricultural programs have exacerbated hunger while driving large-scale food waste, The Conversation reports. With fewer resources for distribution networks and labor shortages across the supply chain, farmers are leaving crops unharvested and food is spoiling in storage.

Expired contraceptives show how abruptly pausing U.S. funds can freeze global supply chains midstream. Beyond wasted commodities, the stall drives up procurement costs and disrupts access to family planning programs that depend on predictable U.S. financing, NPR reports.

In the U.S. heartland, The New York Times tells how Kansas farmers once supplied grain for U.S. food-aid programs abroad. After those contracts were canceled, many are struggling to sell their crops and facing mounting financial losses