Why are so many Chamber of Commerce types pushing for trade with Cuba? Cubans have zero purchasing power and all of the intelligent entrepreneurial Cubans crossed the Florida straights a long time ago.
Besides, the last two Cohibas I smoked tasted like ammonia!!!
US farming conglomerates, and individuals, live off subsidies.
They can grow corn and sell it to Cuba as a loss, a loss that will be made up by the US taxpayer.
There is an attempt to remove the financial restrictions making it difficult for Cuba to make purchases in the US market by giving Fidel a line of credit. We all know what Fidel's credit terms are, net never. But payments for sales to Cuba are guaranteed by, you guessed it, the US taxpayer!
Now, the subsidized corn is sold to Cuba, processed and canned there by ADM, then shipped to Mexico where it will change containers and head back into the US at such a ridiculously low price that it will bring down the market for US corn making it necessary to subsidize US farmers.
That's what makes me wonder ---there isn't any real market over there now.