Cuba developing trade with US companies despite blockade
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HAVANA, November 6 (Itar-Tass) - Cuba is developing trade with US companies despite the continued blockade that the Americans imposed on it 40 years ago.
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CORAL GABLES, Florida  - The U.S. economic embargo against Cuba has deprived its communist government of funds it might otherwise have used for military adventures, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said on Thursday.
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The Cuban government has stopped the use of United States dollars in its transactions following the United States move to freeze all international transactions related to Cuba.
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Cuba has agreed to buy about &#36;125 million in farm goods from U.S. companies attending trade talks in Havana, officials said.
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State-owned Dubai Ports World, which relinquished control over six U.S. ports in a political firestorm last year, is studying plans to build a container terminal in the Cuban port of Mariel, business sources said.
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Despite legal barriers, business is still good.
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HAVANA -- Cuba on Monday signed contracts to buy $10 million of US wheat and meat products, and $300,000 of American dairy cattle, launching a new round of deals for US farm products projected to reach $150 million.
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The largest delegation from the U.S. Congress to visit Cuba since 1959 arrived in Havana on Friday seeking to open a dialogue with the communist government of acting President Raul Castro despite White House opposition to such contacts.
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WASHINGTON -- Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Guti&#xE9;rrez had some straight talk yesterday for lawmakers and business groups pressing for a softer approach toward Cuba as the island prepares for a post-Fidel Castro era.
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The top U.S. trade negotiator   said on Sunday before meeting a group of developing nations the   United States was committed to a successful outcome of current   world trade talks.
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A rare guest appearance by Cuban leader Fidel Castro has turned a routine trade summit into a politically charged gathering of Washington's greatest Latin American foes.
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Trade between China and the United States maintained a strong momentum of development in 2004. The later maintained one of China&#39;s top three trade partners with both cooperation as well as disputes.
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President Felipe Calderon's administration has held discussions with Cuba on improving relations after a series of diplomatic spats in recent years, Mexico's foreign secretary said.
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HAVANA - Fidel Castro may have recently stopped circulation of US dollars in Cuba, but that isn&#39;t stopping a multi-million dollar agricultural deal between the two countries.
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HAVANA - With Ra&#xFA;l Castro in charge, Cuba has raised payments to milk and meat producers, is paying off its debts to farmers, and has stopped blocking the import of parts needed to keep vintage cars rumbling along.
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Cuba announced that it is renewing ties with the European Union as well as all EU countries that have embassies on the island.
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The U.S. government strives mightily to stamp out intellectual property theft all over the world &#151; except for Cuba, where it tries to broadcast anti-communist messages to anyone able to see U.S. programming through illegal satellite dishes.