Cuba agrees to buy more American farm goods

[Judi Lynn]

Saturday, December 18, 2004 11:42 PM CST

Cuba agrees to buy more American farm goods


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAVANA - Cuba has agreed to buy about $125 million in farm goods from U.S. companies attending trade talks in Havana, officials said.

The deals, which were made during three days of negotiations that ended Friday, surpassed expectations, Pedro Alvarez, chairman of the Cuban food import company Alimport, told The Associated Press.

Cuba had expected to sign deals worth about $100 million going into the talks, he said.

More than 300 people, primarily producers of American farm goods, attended the meetings, as did several lawmakers - including Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee.
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http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2004/12/19/news/money/1004645.txt

[VegasWolf]

1. Hope it's not beef, even american corps won't buy it. n/t

[Carl Brennan]

2. Bush is going to have US farmers against him with

his idiotic attempts to embargo Cuba.

Fidel is a wiley political opponent.