However the order on international funding cuts, titled Auditing and Reducing US Funding of International Organisations, would reduce congressional expenditure and is likely to attract only limited opposition in Congress. US allies have reacted with a mix of alarm and scepticism to reports that the Trump administration is preparing to order sweeping cuts in funding to the UN and other international organisations, while potentially walking away from some treaties. Many of the flurry of executive orders produced by the incoming administration will have little meaning without a congressional vote on funding. According to one draft executive order leaked to US media outlets, there is to be a 40% cut to US voluntary contributions to international bodies. ?It would potentially be brutal but as with all these executive orders we have to wait to see what happens in practice,? the diplomat said.

Last year there were nearly 32,000 immigrant visas issued in the U.S. to the seven affected countries. Microsoft Corp. said it?s in touch with 76 staffers from the seven countries identified in the executive order. ?Too Broad?Criticism of Trump?s executive order emerged from both the left and the right. You will now receive the Technology newsletter Pursuits What to eat, drink, wear and drive ? in real life and your dreams. You will now receive the Business newsletter Markets The most important market news of the day.