Mission to Cuba: Delegation Returns
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- Business and Economy
- Politics and Government
- 06 / 10 / 2010
ATLANTA - Governor Sonny Perdue and several dozen Georgia business leaders returned Tuesday from a two-day trip to Cuba. The trip was a planned in hopes of expanding trade with the island nation.
Georgia exported more than $40 million worth of goods to Cuba last year, an exception to the trade embargo that allows sales of food and medicines for humanitarian reasons.
The governor's feet were barely on Cuban soil when he started to get the hard sell himself.
One of the biggest obstacles to increased trade is Cuba's dire financial situation.
Cuba has to pay cash in advance for everything it buys from the U.S., and cash is in short supply. So are fruits and vegetables.
Georgia's agribusiness leaders were stunned by what they saw, and didn't see, at a Cuban grocery store.
Georgia's agribusiness leaders were stunned by what they saw, and didn't see, at a Cuban grocery store.
By: Russ Spencer
Source: www.myfoxatlanta.com
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