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| Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker in Old Havana |
Scott Horsley.-- Since the diplomatic thaw with Cuba was first announced last December, the Obama administration has moved aggressively to ease restrictions on travel and trade. Looser rules were announced in January, and restrictions were eased further in September. But the Commerce and Treasury Departments can only go so far, unless Congress votes to lift the legal embargo.
Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker traveled to Cuba this week, where she met with regulators to figure out where some of the new commercial boundaries could be drawn. She was the first secretary of Commerce to visit the island since 1950.
