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Zumaria asked in Social ScienceEconomics · 9 years ago

Why Does the United States Trade with China But not with Cuba?

China has a strict communist government, and yet the US has no problem trading with China. On the other hand, Cuba, also communist, has been under trade embargoes for decades that have only lessened in recent years. What are the logical reasons for this apparent contradiction???

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  • 9 years ago
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    It's because of the Cold War in the 80's The Soviet Union had placed missles in Cuba ready to launch at the US.....the US didn't forgive them for that. The U.S. borrows money from China

  • 9 years ago

    I think America was cheesed off for loosing against Che Guevara, I am sure that before the decision was made to cease trade that they made sure there was plenty of Cuban cigars in the Whitehouse! The Americans tried all sorts of ways to kill off Fidel Castro, including an exploding cigar and releasing biological agents. All of course failed.

  • matt h
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    cuba does not have a private central bank, just like iran...

    same as iraq pre invasion

    same as libya pre invasion

    same as afghanistan pre invasion

    do you see a pattern here

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