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Kaine Statement on President Trump's Rollback of U.S. Policy Towards Cuba

Statement

By: Tim Kaine
By: Tim Kaine
Date: June 16, 2017
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Foreign Affairs Trade

Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on President Trump's announcement reversing U.S. policy towards Cuba:

"President Trump's announcement of measures that reverse U.S. policy towards Cuba is a step backwards for U.S. leadership in the Western Hemisphere. U.S. engagement with Cuba through diplomacy, business, travel, and people-to-people ties is critical to advancing our interests and values, including respect for human rights. The normalization of U.S.-Cuba relations has also created valuable economic and trade opportunities for U.S. businesses, including businesses in Virginia. I'm disappointed that the Trump Administration has chosen to embrace a policy of isolation over engagement, which failed in previous decades and risks further Russian and Chinese influence in our backyard."


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