In Cuba, US Commerce Secretary Promotes Private Sector

U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker told Cuban officials on Wednesday that Washington wants to promote the Communist country's nascent private sector to maximize trade and build on newly restored diplomatic relations. Only the second cabinet-level U.S. official to visit Cuba since the 1959 revolution, Pritzker said her mission was meant to explain President Barack Obama's recent relaxation of the U.S. trade embargo. She also urged the U.S. Congress to lift the embargo...

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