Rebranding United States Foreign Assistance To Advance American Influence

2020-12-15Executive Order 13964
Signed by: Donald Trump
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Headline: Requires Single American Aid Logo on United States Foreign Assistance

What it does: Agencies must start rulemaking within 120 days to require a single "American aid" logo on all foreign assistance materials, goods, and packaging.

Real World Impact:
  • Aid materials and packaging must display a single "American aid" logo.
  • NGOs and contractors receiving U.S. funds must mark distributed goods and packaging.
  • Agencies may need to remove their own logos when the single logo is used.
Topics: foreign assistance, branding and labeling, humanitarian aid, government communications

Summary

This order requires federal agencies to brand U.S. foreign aid clearly as "American aid" and to adopt a single logo to identify that aid. Within 120 days the Secretary of State must begin rulemaking to mark all foreign assistance, including humanitarian and disaster relief, and the President will select the logo within 30 days.

The rules cover aid materials, packaging, and items distributed by nongovernmental organizations and contractors receiving U.S. funds, though purely administrative items and completed overseas projects are exempt. The goal is to make recipients aware of American support and preserve U.S. influence.

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