OFAC authorizes more Cuban options (UPI) The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) did not authorize a single new service to do business with Cuba in 2009, but in 2010 has already expanded the list of authorized U.S. travel and remittance services allowed to do business with Cuba by 42, according to the U.S. Treasury Department. […]
To be honest, I do not know much about the Cuba Business Bureau, and cannot vouch for it. Anyone out there that can? Please feel free to leave info in the comment section. The group is new to me as of today. I do know that the Cuba Business Bureau conducted a survey, the results […]
Despite predictions that recent polarizing events would freeze the slow steps of US-Cuba rapprochement, the last week or so has shown more persistence on both sides to overcome differences in favor of continuing productive dialogue on relevant issues. US business representatives and Cuban tourism officials met in Cancún last week for three days to discuss […]
According to a press release from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota introduced the bill H.R. 4645 to the House today with bipartisan co-sponsorship from 30 other members of Congress. The bill, which is also known as the Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act, would not […]
Completely unrelated to U.S.-Cuban diplomatic relations (or lack thereof), Cuban imports of U.S. agricultural products—exempted from the 48-year embargo since the year 2000—declined by 26 percent last year, from a peak of $710 million in 2008 to $528 million in 2009. The United States remains the largest seller of food to Cuba. American analysts judge […]
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