A Push to Open Trade With Cuba:The U.S. has been missing out while Cuba imports 80% of its food from other countries

摘要

Acoalition of more than 30 industry groups and government officials wants Congress to lift the Cuban trade embargo, broadening President Barack Obama's decision to begin normalizing relations with the Caribbean nation."In a competitive world, we cannot afford to ignore 11 million customers 90 miles from our country," saidMissouri Gov. Jay Nixon during a press conference in early January in Washington, D.C. "Now is the time for Congress to follow through, remove the financial restrictions, lift the embargo and do away with the self-imposed barriers holding us back."The complexity in doing business with Cuba under the existing policyhas put U.S. exports at a serious disadvantage. Meanwhile, Cuba has been getting its goods elsewhere.