Over 300 Americans to attend Cuba trade talks

[bin.dare]

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2004/1214/breaking5.htm

Cuba is expecting more than 340 US business representatives to attend the latest round of trade talks in which communist officials hope to sign deals worth about $100 million.

Those attending from the United States will primarily be producers of American farm goods.

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Under an exception to the sanctions, American agricultural goods can be sold to the island on a cash-only basis. Since Cuba began taking advantage of the exception in 2001, it has contracted to buy more than $900 million in American farm goods, including shipping and hefty bank fees to send payments through third nations.

More than 165 US companies will be represented in this week's talks, which run from Wednesday to Friday. More than half of the participants come from the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas and Maine.

[Judi Lynn]

1. I posted a thread on this last night. It was lurking on page #2 or 3

This is the link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1069020

Cuba attracts some real knock-down-drag-outs, with suprising support from some Republicans. That must gall the rightwingnuts.

[bin.dare]

2. GMTA, FSD

sorry, didn't catch it.