Exchange group leaves with more than just business ideas

While Global Ties Alabama is primarily meant as a way for different countries to exchange ideas, it can mean a lot more.

Through the GTA program, representatives of nine southeastern Asian countries are on tour around the United States for a few weeks this month and one of the group’s stops was the Lake Martin area.

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