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"The Outlook on U.S. - Cuba
Relations
and What it Could Mean for Louisiana"
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A Luncheon
Program Featuring
Christopher Sabatini (Keynote Speaker)
Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly
Senior Director for Policy and
Chair of Cuba Working
Group,
Americas Society/Council of
the Americas
George Fowler, III
Managing Partner, Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli
Vice President, Cuban American National Foundation
Dr. Len Treviño
Gerald N. Gaston Chair in International Business,
Loyola University College of Business Administration
Friday, May
29
11:30 a.m.
networking reception
12 noon presentations and Q & A
The
Plimsoll Club,
30th Floor
World Trade Center
(Free validated parking in the
WTC Garage) |
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Click
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to register. |
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Registration
is required by
May 27, 10:00 a.m. |
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Background
Since 1962
the United States has imposed comprehensive economic
sanctions against Cuba through numerous laws and
regulations, including the Trading with the Enemy Act of
1917, the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992, and the Cuban Liberty
and Democracy Solidarity Act of 1996, also known as the
“Helms-Burton Act."
On April 13, 2009, President Obama announced a series of
changes to U.S. policy toward Cuba. In particular the
Administration will ease limits on family travel and cash
gifts from the U.S. to Cuba, as well as authorize greater
telecommunications links between the U.S. and Cuba. These
measures come 47 years after the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba
began and follow the easing of restrictions on the sales of
medicine and agricultural products in 2000.
The speakers at this luncheon program will discuss possible
opportunities that Cuba could offer to New Orleans and
Louisiana in the future.
Click here for speaker bios.
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Ark-La-Tex Regional Export & Technology Center
Baton Rouge Center for World Affairs
Consular Corps of New Orleans
French American Chamber of
Commerce
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana
Int'l Freight Forwarders and Customs Brokers
Association
International Trade Council/Red River Region
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Jefferson Chamber
Le Centre International de Lafayette
LSBDC - New Orleans Region
New Orleans Chamber of Commerce
Propeller Club, Port of New Orleans
World Affairs Council of New Orleans
World Trade Club of Greater New Orleans |
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Registration Cost
is $35
($30 WTC Members)
Reservations or cancellations must be made by
10 a.m., May
27.
All registrations on this site are done over a
Secure Socket Layer
(SSL) line.
Click here for
driving directions to the WTC and hotels in the vicinity. |
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