Tehran is launching new cultural exchange programs in Nicaragua to encourage trade and investment.

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Second is foreign assistance and trade among these countries that assist them in their development programs.

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In the aggregate, these have particularly affected academic and professional programs and trade and other business activities.

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So I think the thing to watch at the U.S.-ASEAN Summit is that area: What concrete areas have expanded economic and trade engagement they can agree to, and in what respects are they able to push forward practical programs in terms of education and people-to-people ties.

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We should build new bridges to our friends in the region -- pressing forward on free trade, development aid, military cooperation and exchange programs.

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