Trump administration withdraws US from Greco anti-corruption monitoring body
by Joseph Gedeon in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#78R0N)
The era of writing blank checks to international bureaucracies is over,' state department spokesperson says
Donald Trump's administration has withdrawn the United States from the Council of Europe's anti-corruption monitoring body, arguing that paying to belong to the multilateral group no longer serves US interests.
The US formally notified the Strasbourg-based organization on Monday that it was leaving the Group of States against Corruption, known as Greco - the latest step in a broader effort by the administration to pull back from international bodies it regards as inefficient, overreaching, or out of step with its priorities.
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