Unable to Boost Aid to Manila, Cranston Says
Sen. Alan Cranston said Saturday that Washington has no extra funding to increase aid to the Philippines but could help boost imports from that country into the United States.
The California Democrat, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he plans to discuss indirect ways of boosting the Philippine economy with President Corazon Aquino during a visit to Manila early next month.
One method of helping the Philippine economy would be to defend its exports from U.S. protectionist measures, Cranston said.
Cranston arrived here Saturday on a tour that has included the Soviet Union, Mongolia and China. He leaves today for South Korea.
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