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Economic Normalization with Cuba: A Roadmap for Us Policymakers

Economic Normalization with Cuba: A Roadmap for Us Policymakers

Paperback

Series: Policy Analyses in International Economics, Book 103

General Political ScienceInternational Relations

ISBN10: 0881326828
ISBN13: 9780881326826
Publisher: Peterson Inst For Intl Economi
Published: Oct 5 2013
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.94 Depth: 9.03
Language: English

Will the Obama administration's decision to normalize relations with Cuba usher in a new era of economic cooperation, trade, and investment between the two countries? This prescient book, published only eight months before President Obama's historic announcement at the end of 2014, provides answers to that question and offers a roadmap for a sequenced lifting of the Cold War era economic sanctions against Cuba.

Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Barbara Kotschwar lay out the difficulties of achieving a dynamic economic relationship. They caution that a unilateral dismantling of US sanctions without insuring that proper institutions are in place in Cuba could squander this golden opportunity for US companies and hurt Cubans. They argue that US policies should encourage Cuba to liberalize its economy and adopt democratic institutions, so that it does not transition from a Communist dictatorship to a corrupt and authoritarian oligarchy. This farsighted book, produced in anticipation of an opening with Cuba that seemed impossible to some skeptics, is a must-read for anyone interested in the evolution of a historically contentious relationship that promises to evolve productively if the right policies are pursued.

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