Despite White House opening, exports to Cuba continue to drop

[Mika]

From the Miasma Hurled ...

Despite White House opening, exports to Cuba continue to drop

While the trade embargo on Cuba is still in place, the changes announced by the Obama administration have chipped away at it. But significant restrictions remain — particularly one that prohibits U.S. growers from selling to Cuba on credit. Getting that restriction lifted is a goal for both the Cuban government and many U.S. farm groups.

“The concessions made by the president were significant — and yet you don’t see any evidence of Cuba reforming their economy or addressing U.S. concerns such as certified claims or human rights,” said Jason Poblete, an international regulatory lawyer with Poblete Tamargo LLP. “My sense is that nothing that has happened this year is going to move the needle in any appreciable way. They’re playing a political game of chicken, hoping Congress will ease sanctions, especially the credit prohibitions.”

There are bills in Congress to ease the embargo, and they do have bipartisan support. But they also have strong opposition and face stiff odds of moving this year.

“It’s obvious that we’re interested in normalizing the relationship, but it’s also becoming more and more apparent that the Cubans are slowing this down and tapping on the brakes,” said Carl Meacham, Americas Program Director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Don't they have any sane writers at McClatchy? Good grief! I've seen this "thought" voiced elsewhere

if it can actually, even in jest, be considered a "thought": According to barely conscience, nearly brain-dead right-wingers, the U.S. has bent over backwards to Cuba, and Cuba is

.....hoping for even greater concessions.

How about removing the economic war on the island nation, getting out of Cuba's Guantanamo, and stopping planning to destroy the progress Cubans have made during the years since the Revolution? Even national Cubans know what the plan has been for years.

So many idiots happy to lap up this pure drool straight from the bowels of propaganda workshops. How crazy can people get, anyway, without being taken away and institutionalized because they are so shockingly stupid?

"Hoping for even greater concessions!" That's truly a hot one. McClatchy fully expects sane people to think that's "news" from a real journalist.

<gag, cough, snort, whistle, burp, sob>

[Mika]

2. Spot on!

[Judi Lynn]

3. Hi, Mika. Thank you!