Posts Tagged ‘Trade with Cuba’
North Dakota Wants Cubans to Have its Papas
8:50 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Cuba|Politics · Comments Off
24 May 2007
Despite a trade embargo against Cuba, one state has its heart on figuring out a way to get one of its key crops to the island nation. That state is North Dakota and the crop is potatoes to Cuba. The biggest concern is getting the papas to Cuba without them spoiling.
“If we can begin sales of North Dakota potatoes and do it in a way that gets them down here in good shape, that would be a very successful trade mission because we’ve been talking about it for five years and so far it hasn’t happened,” said Roger Johnson, agriculture commissioner for the state.
Wanna Coke in Cuba? No Problem !
10:36 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Cuba|Money|Politics · 2 Comments
17 May 2007
Believe it or not, despite the U.S. Embargo against Cuba, you can drink a Coke while smoking a Marlboro, wearing your Jordache jeans and Nikes and I’m not talking a warm can you bought in a back alley on the black market. According to a recent report on MSNBC, U.S. companies are making money in Cuba and both governments are turning a blind eye.
Trade sanctions bar American tourists from visiting Cuba and allow exports only of U.S. food and farm products, medical supplies and some telecommunications equipment. But wholesalers and distributors in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Canada routinely sell some of America’s most recognizable brands to Cuban importers.
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