POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Economic Sanctions, International Monetary Fund, Inter-American Treaty Of Reciprocal Assistance
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A third major goal of us foreign policy. These policies can range in priority depending on other security and trade issues associated with a given nation. Ex: us is very outspoken on women"s rights issues in afghanistan but not saudi. Arabia, because saudi arabia is a big trading partner of ours. The united states supports various efforts at environmental protection. Us said no to kyoto protocol us thought this agreement would harm our economy. The us is a party to most major international human rights agreements. Something that both parties can usually agree on. In 2015, nearly billion in humanitarian aid to help syrian refugees. In 2014, million in humanitarian aid to people of south sudan. Americans often donate on their own as well to humanitarian causes, which is not as common in other countries. Less than one percent of total federal budget goes to humanitarian aid.