Trump's vow to keep the broader decades-old USA economic embargo on Cuba firmly in place drew criticism from some us farmers, especially growers of corn, soybeans and rice.
MI farmers are among those criticizing President Trump's plan to impose new business and travel restrictions on Cuba. It was a policy shift by the U.S. government towards Cuba.
"In the case of Cuba, Trump returns to the concept of trying to make negotiations from a position of strength, and ignoring the political and legal systems of Cuba, as well as the country's sovereignty and self-determination of the Cuban people", he told Xinhua.
"We will not lift sanctions on the Cuban regime until all political prisoners are free, freedoms of assembly and expression are respected, all political parties are legalized and free and internationally supervised elections are scheduled", Trump demanded. "Officially, today, they are rejected". Although Trump claimed he was "canceling the last administration's completely one-sided deal with Cuba", his new approach actually leaves most of Obama's policies in place.
U.S. Senator Jeff Flake, one of the Republican Party's most vocal advocates for easing rules on U.S. dealings with Cuba, called for a vote on legislation lifting restrictions on American travel there. "We do not want USA dollars to prop up a military monopoly that exploits and abuses the citizens of Cuba".
Among the few Cubans on the island who praised Trump was Berta Soler, a leader of the dissident group Ladies in White who said she was prevented by the government from flying to Miami to attend the speech in person. We do not want United States dollars to prop up a military monopoly that exploits and abuses the citizens of Cuba.
At the same time, he said that the United States embassy in Havana would remain open.
Whether or not US citizens will continue to visit the island under tighter restrictions will only be seen in the future.
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Under the revised travel policy, US officials say there will be tighter enforcement to make sure Americans legally fit the 12 authorized categories they claim to be traveling under, which could spook many visitors, wary of receiving a hefty fine. Cuban Americans will still be able visit and send remittances to their families.
Moscow maintains close ties with Havana, and in March signed a deal to ship oil to Cuba for the first time in over a decade.
In addition, the USA government is to police other trips to ensure travelers are pursuing a "full-time schedule of educational exchange activities".
Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., said Trump's new Cuba policy "will hurt the United States economically, making it harder for our nation's farmers to access new markets and cutting the knees out from under our travel and manufacturing industries". But he will rollback the policy of greater engagement between the US and Cuba in other ways.
Trump didn't hold back anything when describing the horrors of the Communist Regime in Cuba.
The release goes on to say that the groups feel the rollbacks infringe upon their freedom to sell agricultural goods, as IL farmers value sales with the island nation.
Last month Russian Federation resumed oil shipments to Cuba for the first time in more than a decade. When Obama made the agreement and restored relations with the Cuban government, he gave them everything they asked for.
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