The non-cooperative actions of Fidel Castro (former Cuban leader) and Raul Castro’s towards United States, concerns the US Congress’ decision to lift the embargo. Within the Castro’s forty years reign in Cuba, many former US Presidents attempted to modify the sanctions of embargo. However, Castro’s administration responded with an unpredictable and hostile behavior. In 1980, “President Carter…secretly sought to reconcile Cubans with their powerful northern neighbors, only to be rebuffed by the 1980 Mariel boatlift that carried 125,000 would-be emigres, prisoners and mental patients to U.S. shores” (Williams 2012, p. 1). In 2011, Fidel Castro’s brother, Raul Castro, was appointed as the new Cuban leader. Nonetheless, Cuban government showed
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The US Chambers of Commerce disagrees with the US Congress’ decision to maintain the trade ban imposed by the embargo. Adrean Scheid Rothkopf, the vice-president of Western Hemisphere Affairs, US Chambers of Commerce, has supported President Obama’s attempt to neutralize trade relationship with Cuba by commenting that, “American farmers, businesses, and workers are already missing significant economic opportunities because of the embargo” (Rothkopf 2013, p. 29). She also stated that, “the International Trade Commission estimated that the embargo cost U.S. exporters up to $1.2 billion annually in lost sales” (Rothkopf 2013, p. 29). Lifting the trade restrictions and sanctions, will allow American farmer, and exporters to expand their businesses. In 2000, US Congress issue a bill, called TSRA, which allowed the importation of agricultural materials. Four years after the enforcement of TSRA, “U.S. exports to Cuba rose from less than $1 million to $392 million in 2004… [And] U.S. agricultural products captured 42 percent of the Cuban market” ” (Rothkopf 2013, p. 29). Thus, removing the trade ban is an essential factor for the urban American farmers to solidify their business. Lifting the embargo will not only encourage the export/import business, but it could also bring about the transition of democratic policies in Cuba. The US Chamber of Commerce believes that, “additional commercial and people-to-people contacts would promote a transition to democracy and full civil liberties” (Rothkopf 2013, p.
The US Chambers of Commerce disagrees with the US Congress’ decision to maintain the trade ban imposed by the embargo. Adrean Scheid Rothkopf, the vice-president of Western Hemisphere Affairs, US Chambers of Commerce, has supported President Obama’s attempt to neutralize trade relationship with Cuba by commenting that, “American farmers, businesses, and workers are already missing significant economic opportunities because of the embargo” (Rothkopf 2013, p. 29). She also stated that, “the International Trade Commission estimated that the embargo cost U.S. exporters up to $1.2 billion annually in lost sales” (Rothkopf 2013, p. 29). Lifting the trade restrictions and sanctions, will allow American farmer, and exporters to expand their businesses. In 2000, US Congress issue a bill, called TSRA, which allowed the importation of agricultural materials. Four years after the enforcement of TSRA, “U.S. exports to Cuba rose from less than $1 million to $392 million in 2004… [And] U.S. agricultural products captured 42 percent of the Cuban market” ” (Rothkopf 2013, p. 29). Thus, removing the trade ban is an essential factor for the urban American farmers to solidify their business. Lifting the embargo will not only encourage the export/import business, but it could also bring about the transition of democratic policies in Cuba. The US Chamber of Commerce believes that, “additional commercial and people-to-people contacts would promote a transition to democracy and full civil liberties” (Rothkopf 2013, p.