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  2. Jul 12, 2021 · Cuba is permitted to trade with many other countries. Augusto Maxwell, an attorney at Akerman LLP and chair of their Cuba practice, said the first part of the claim isn’t accurate.

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    The U.S. has maintained a comprehensive economic embargo on Cuba since the 1960s, preventing most American companies from doing business on the island and vice versa. The sanctions do not force other countries and non-U.S. companies to cut ties with Cuba, although they incentivize it. The Kennedy administration imposed the embargo in 1962, three ye...

    The claim that the U.S. "blockade" of Cuba means the island nation can't trade with any country or company is FALSE, based on our research. The embargo prevents most American companies from doing business with Cuba and vice versa. Although the embargo creates disincentives for other countries and companies to trade with Cuba, it does not compel the...

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  3. Cuba conducts international trade with many countries, including many U.S. allies; U.S.-based companies, and companies that do business with the U.S. which trade in Cuba do so at the risk of U.S. sanctions.

  4. Oct 8, 2024 · Cuba’s main trading partners include Venezuela, China, Spain, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and the Netherlands. In the 1950s more than two-thirds of Cuban foreign trade was with the United States. By 1961 Cuban-U.S. trade was down to 4 percent, and it soon ceased entirely under U.S. government embargo policies.

  5. Oct 22, 2015 · Cuba’s top trading partners, shown by thick red lines, include Brazil, Canada, China, India, and Spain. Next are European nations including Germany, Belgium, Italy, France, and the UK, displayed by orange and yellow lines. Products Imported into Cuba.

  6. Apr 24, 2024 · In 2018, the United Nations estimated that U.S. trade restrictions had cost Cuba more than $130 billion since the embargo began. That same year, Raúl Castro’s hand-picked successor, Miguel ...

  7. Nov 2, 2023 · The UN General Assembly on Thursday voted by a large margin against the United States ’ economic and trade embargo against Cuba, first imposed in 1960. A total of 187 States voted for the...

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