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Cuba's economic reforms become law in September. Exclusive
USA Today • • world
Key Points:
- Cuba is set to implement significant economic reforms allowing private companies to trade directly with foreign businesses, giving foreign investors more freedom to hire workers, and expanding their rights to develop real estate on the island.
- These changes, part of 176 reforms approved in June, represent a lasting shift toward opening Cuba’s economy despite ongoing U.S. sanctions and an oil blockade under the Trump administration.
- Cuba’s deputy minister of foreign trade and foreign investment emphasized that these reforms are real and not temporary, signaling a move away from past rollbacks of economic liberalization.
- The reforms face challenges, including the need to amend Cuba’s constitution to make them permanent, and they come amid stalled U.S.-Cuba talks and heightened tensions between the two countries.
- Cuba aims to have all reforms codified into law by the end of the year, reflecting a profound transformation of its national economy that the government believes will be difficult to reverse.
