{"id":2301,"date":"1988-11-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1988-11-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2301"},"modified":"1988-11-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1988-11-12T00:00:00","slug":"38911121988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1988\/11\/12\/38911121988\/","title":{"rendered":"11\/12\/1988"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;21.11.88 USTR [United States Trade Representative] Clayton Yeutter sent letters to James C. Wright, House of Representatives spokesperson, and John C. Stennis, Acting President of the Senate, attaching the Report to Congress on the measures to enforce the restrictions on American imports from Cuba, under Omnibus Bill on Trade and Competitiveness of 19988[1988]. In these letters, he described the four recommendations contained in the Report, namely: 1) civil penalty provisions under the Trading with the Enemy Act, as has been done under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act; 2) OFAC\u2019s [Office of Foreign Assets Control] actions to expand training and direct assistance for other Federal staff; 3) OFAC\u2019s actions to work with other government agencies to collect all available information on Cuba\u2019s international trade network, which would allow a more effective identification of Cuban-controlled entities and monitoring of their transactions, and 4) intensifying OFAC and other federal agencies\u2019 efforts to develop joint and integrated programs to achieve the most effective possible enforcement of the embargo.\u201d [Pro Embargo]<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cRonald W. Reagan (R). Timeline,\u201d Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People\u2019s website,\u00a02007<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;21.11.88 USTR [United States Trade Representative] Clayton Yeutter sent letters to James C. Wright, House of Representatives spokesperson, and John C. Stennis, Acting President of the Senate, attaching the Report to Congress on the measures to enforce the restrictions on American imports from Cuba, under Omnibus Bill on Trade and Competitiveness of 19988[1988]. In these [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1988\/11\/12\/38911121988\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 11\/12\/1988<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-2301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2299,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1988\/08\/23\/3878231988\/","url_meta":{"origin":2301,"position":0},"title":"8\/23\/1988","author":"AmarkData","date":"August 23, 1988","format":false,"excerpt":"\"23.08.88 Enactment of Omnibus Bill on Trade and Competitiveness of 19988 [1988], (Public Law No.100-418), whose section 1911 \u2018Reinforcement of Restrictions on Cuban Imports\u2019 was introduced by Representative Claude Pepper during congressional debates prior to the passage of the bill. It provided that \u2018USTR [United States Trade Representatives] shall require\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;quotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2180,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1962\/05\/24\/2545241962\/","url_meta":{"origin":2301,"position":1},"title":"5\/24\/1962","author":"AmarkData","date":"May 24, 1962","format":false,"excerpt":"\"\u2026The United States unilaterally revoked Cuba\u2019s \u2018Most Favored Nation\u2019 status and the previously agreed preference under the Exclusive Supplemental Agreement to the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs, to which both countries were signatories. The instrument used for this action was the Department of the Treasury\u2019s Decision 55636 of 13\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;quotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2170,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1962\/02\/03\/244231962\/","url_meta":{"origin":2301,"position":2},"title":"2\/3\/1962","author":"AmarkData","date":"February 3, 1962","format":false,"excerpt":"\"03.02.62 Based on the legal authority under section 620(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the President issued Presidential Proclamation 3447 (27 FR 1085) imposing the blockade of trade between the United States and Cuba. He instructed the Secretary of the Treasury [C. 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(At this time, 70% of Cuba\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;quotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2300,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1988\/11\/03\/3881131988\/","url_meta":{"origin":2301,"position":4},"title":"11\/3\/1988","author":"AmarkData","date":"November 3, 1988","format":false,"excerpt":"\"03.11.88 OFAC [Office of Foreign Assets Control] published an additional list of 32 shipping companies identified as Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) of Cuba, with whom U.S. nationals are forbidden to engage in trade.\u201d [Pro Embargo] \u201cRonald W. Reagan (R). 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