Puting the focus on the money is another way to see it. And to fight against the embargo. A report by the U.S. International Trade Commission showed that a lift on the Cuban trade embargo would allow American farmers to supply more than half of Cuba’s agricultural products and provide Americans with Cuban imports such as Cuban cigars. That could be a value between $175 million and $350 million per year.
The report was requested by the Senate Finance Committee to draw support for a new proposal that would ease restrictions on trade and travel to Cuba.
Since 2000, American farmers and other agricultural exporters have been allowed to sell goods to Cuba, but on a cash-only basis. Last june the U.S. International Trade Commission visited Cuba to gauge how Communist authorities might react if U.S. agriculture trade rules and travel restrictions were lifted.
What is sure is that the embargo has not obtained the objectives that it looked for. A good reason of lift it.
