Senators Amy Klobuchar, Mike Enzi, Debbie Stabenow, Jeff Flake, Patrick Leahy and Dick Durbin introduced the Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015 , which would lift the trade embargo and boost U.S. ag exports to Cuba.
National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson says breaking down trade barriers is necessary to provide U.S. family farmers with increased market access and opportunities for trade in Cuba, a market of 11-million people close to American shores.
He says financial restrictions currently in place prevent normal business relationships from developing between the U.S. and Cuba, but extending credit to Cuban buyers allows for the purchasing of American goods.
Johnson says the Cuban embargo has not made sense for a long time and this bill addresses and removes barriers and restrictions that have failed American agriculture and the Cuban people for more than 50-years.
