The United States has frozen its financial contributions to a United Nations fund for a multinational security support mission in Haiti, a move that would stop $13.3 million in pending aid.
Several UN agencies voiced alarm on Tuesday at US President Donald Trump's decision to freeze nearly all foreign aid, saying "confusion" reigned over what the full impact would be.
Trump and Xi Jinping are expected to speak by phone on Tuesday, just hours after slapping tariffs on each other's economies in an escalating trade war.