Nepal ging ein Risiko für einen US -Dollar in Höhe von 500 Millionen US -Dollar ein. Es kann es jetzt bereuen.

SS: The U.S. offered a significant infrastructure project to Nepal, challenging China’s influence in the region, which angered Beijing. After five years of contentious debate, Nepal accepted the U.S. proposal and ratified it in 2022, contributing $200 million of its own funds. However, the project’s future is now uncertain due to the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid. Nepali leaders who supported the U.S. deal, despite being labeled as traitors by opponents, are now questioning their decision. Lawmaker Rajendra Bajgain expressed shock, noting that the U.S. withdrawal could strengthen China’s position in the region, as critics will use this to highlight perceived unreliability in U.S. commitments.

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I watched this debate unfold and a lot of the left leaning and far right leaning parties were not happy with accepting US money. This was in 2022. Yet, the Nepali Congress pushed through and Nepal ratified the MCC grant through act of parliament.

Trump has effectively pushed the US global leadership back to the 1930s level; pax-Americana is over. I doubt if the Nepali parliament can ever endorse another American supported grant again. Many on the left are communist leaning and closer to China. I for one would find it hard to advocate for long term grants with US or even cozy up to the US. Nepal is better off relying on India, China and the other global economies than the US – in that order.