9. Agency for International Development · Minor

Refocus the Bangkok Regional Development Mission for Asia on countering China

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Printed page 256 9. Agency for International Development

“USAID’s Bangkok-based Regional Development Mission for Asia should focus its strategic attention on supporting cross-border initiatives designed to counter Chinese influence.”

What has happened

Jul 1, 2025 Not started
The Regional Development Mission for Asia could not be refocused because it ceased to exist: USAID stopped implementing foreign assistance on 2025-07-01 and its missions closed with it. No successor regional mission was stood up, and no Federal Register document in the window mentions the Regional Development Mission for Asia. Cross-border counter-China work in the region is now run from Washington by State's East Asian and Pacific Affairs bureau (#644).
- Secretary Rubio, "Making Foreign Aid Great Again" (State Department Spanish translation): as of July 1 USAID officially ceases to implement foreign assistance
  Primary Executive branch Jul 1, 2025
- State Department fact sheet: America First Foreign Assistance in the Indo-Pacific
  Primary Executive branch Dec 29, 2025

Research log

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Research notes

Recorded as not started rather than achieved-by-other-means: the Quote asks a named mission to change what it works on, and the mission was abolished rather than redirected. One rule, applied across these Chapter 9 items, separates this case from #644.

Action: other
Object: USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (Bangkok)
ID: 646