I must tell you there are some who are pretty critical, saying that our aid policies were established for a developing world in Asia that has turned into an emerging world where you have economies that are getting more sophisticated and that we have not really changed our aid programs in Asia to reflect the current needs for trade capacity.
Cardin discusses the inadequacy of current aid policies for evolving Asian economies.
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