Farmers Say Trade Restrictions Still Hampering Ag Exports to Cuba, Report Says
American farmers on a trade mission in Cuba said U.S. restrictions are still hampering agricultural exports to the island, Reuters reported April 6. Although the U.S. offers carve-outs for certain agricultural products, the farmers said they aren’t competing on a…
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level playing field compared with other foreign suppliers. "We're hamstrung because of this embargo," Paul Johnson, co-chair of the U.S. Agricultural Coalition for Cuba, told Reuters. "We can't compete on even footing with other suppliers around the world, because they can offer credit ... that means a lot." The U.S. Agricultural Coalition for Cuba didn’t comment. A spokesperson for the Treasury Department, which oversees certain Cuba sanctions, declined to comment.