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The present and future of U.S.Cuba relations

  • Venable LLP
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  • Cuba, USA
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  • May 14 2009

For over 40 years, the U.S. has maintained a comprehensive trade embargo against Cuba

Treasury and Commerce ease Cuba restrictions

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • Cuba, USA
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  • September 10 2009

On September 3, 2009, the Departments of the Treasury and Commerce put flesh on the bones of President Obama’s announcement in April of this year that the U.S. Government would ease restrictions on Cuba

Virginia on cutting edge of Cuba agriculture exports

  • Akerman Senterfitt
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  • Cuba, USA
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  • February 7 2013

Farm products are the one major category of exports that are largely exempt from the U.S. embargo. In fact, total agriculture exports, which began in

U.S. Treasury Department announces amendments to OFAC's Cuba regulations

  • Wiley Rein LLP
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  • Cuba, USA
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  • September 3 2009

Today, the U.S. Treasury Department announced significant amendments to OFAC’s Cuban Assets Control Regulations which are meant to implement an April 2009 Presidential initiative on Cuba

Significant regulatory changes to U.S.Cuba sanctions to benefit U.S. telecommunications, health care, and agriculture companies

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Cuba, USA
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  • September 3 2009

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") this afternoon announced various amendments to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations ("CACR"), implementing a previously announced policy initiative by President Barack Obama

Cuba-2010: a journey back in time with a bright future

  • Epstein Becker Green
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  • Cuba, USA
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  • March 12 2010

The enactment of the Agrarian Reform Law of 1959, land “reform” legislation that resulted in the nationalization of large estates and companies by the Cuban Government, not only resulted in mistrust -- but also 50 years of a severed relationship -- between the United States and Cuba

President Obama eases sanctions to enhance interaction with the Cuban people

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • Cuba, USA
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  • April 16 2009

On April 13, 2009 President Obama eased sanctions against Cuba to permit certain telecommunications as well as visits and remittances by Cuban Americans to relatives on the island

Twitter, Facebook and instant messaging - the export of personal communication capabilities to Iran, Cuba, and Sudan

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Cuba, Iran, Sudan, USA
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  • May 4 2010

In recent months, the United States has taken steps to relax sanctions imposed against Sudan, Iran, and Cuba

Baby steps to business in Cuba?

  • BoyarMiller
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  • Cuba, USA
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  • February 14 2011

On January 28, 2011, new rules on travel and money transfers to Cuba took effect, which amend portions of the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 CFR part 515 (the "Regulations"

Obama administration to make limited changes to U.S.-Cuba policy, sanctions regulations

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Cuba, USA
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  • April 14 2009

Yesterday, the Obama administration announced a series of changes to U.S.-Cuba policy and directed the Secretaries of State, Treasury, and Commerce to make the necessary regulatory updates