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Trump State Department Drops DEIA Guidelines From Bilateral Talks

8/13/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s State Department is discarding the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) guidelines.
The rules required Offices to raise racial, gender, disability and LGBTQI+ issues in bilateral talks.
Under the Biden administration staff performance and promotions were partly judged on adoption of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies.
The new policy will drop DEIA council participation, eliminate bias-mitigation questions and localized training, and shift assessments to merit criteria.

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Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump’s State Department is discarding the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) guidelines.
The rules required Offices to raise racial, gender, disability and LGBTQI+ issues in bilateral talks.
Under the Biden administration staff performance and promotions were partly judged on adoption of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies.
The new policy will drop DEIA council participation, eliminate bias-mitigation questions and localized training, and shift assessments to merit criteria.