Question

Happy Purim, Rabbi!
I came across Maimonides, Laws of Acquisition and Gift, chapter 3, with the ruling that “it is forbidden for a Jew to give a gratuitous gift to a gentile,” and the explanation of the ruling refers to Laws of Idolatry 10:4, where this is justified based on the verse, “You shall not show them favor.”
I read your article about the gentiles of that time versus the gentiles of our day, but now that I see that these things rest on an explicit verse, it appears in a somewhat different light. True, the verse is in the context of the nations that were to be conquered upon entering the Land, but still the question is bothering me.
What do you think?