HAVANA, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Cuba and the U.S. state of Louisiana on Tuesday signed two agreements to boost trade in agriculture and to strengthen port connections between the two sides.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards attended the signing ceremony, and said the deals aimed to allow the two sides to exploit economic and trade ties "to the maximum."
He was joined by Cuba's Director of North American Trade Policy Maria de la Luz B'Hamel.
The two sides endorsed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) during a business forum in Havana, attended by representatives of Cuba's National Port Administration (APNC) and Louisiana's Ports Association.
The MOU would be connecting "international commerce between countries through ports," Louisiana's Department of Trade and Development tweeted.
A second agreement was inked between Cuba's Agricultural Business Group and Louisiana's Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
In the past 10 years, Louisiana has exported 1 billion U.S. dollars' worth of goods to Cuba, under special licenses from the Federal Government, in keeping with existing restrictions imposed by the trade embargo, said Edwards.
"Louisiana is one of the (U.S.) states with the strongest ties to Cuba, in terms of trade, despite the restrictions of the embargo imposed against Cuba by the northern nation for more than 50 years," said B'Hamel.
The U.S. delegation will be in Cuba through Oct. 7 to meet with authorities from different sectors, and visit Cuba's special economic zone of Mariel, an industrial park and deep-water port designed to attract foreign companies.
This marks the third visit to Cuba by a U.S. governor this year, following those of Terry McAuliffe of Virginia and Jay Nixon of Missouri, in January and May, respectively.
2014年云南西双版纳中考英语真题试题答案
2014年四川甘孜中考英语真题试题及答案
2014年云南文山中考英语真题试题及答案
2014年云南大理中考英语真题试题答案
2014年云南玉溪中考英语真题试题及答案
2014年云南楚雄中考英语真题试题答案
2014年四川綦江中考英语真题试题及答案
2014年云南西双版纳中考英语真题试题及答案
2014年广东河源中考英语真题试题答案
2014年广东湛江中考英语真题试题及答案
2014年广东肇庆中考英语真题试题及答案
2014年云南普洱中考英语真题试题答案
2014年云南红河中考英语真题试题答案
2014年云南曲靖中考英语真题试题答案
2014年四川綦江中考英语真题试题答案
2014年广东深圳中考英语真题试题及答案
2014年贵州六盘水中考英语真题试题答案
2014年云南苍林中考英语真题试题及答案
2014年广东汕头中考英语真题试题及答案
2014年广东茂名中考英语真题试题答案
2014年广东珠海中考英语真题试题答案
2014年云南苍林中考英语真题试题答案
2014年云南楚雄中考英语真题试题及答案
2014年云南昭通中考英语真题试题及答案
2014年云南怒江中考英语真题试题及答案
2014年云南迪庆考英语真题试题答案
2014年云南迪庆中考英语真题试题及答案
2014年贵州六盘水中考英语真题试题及答案
2014年广东汕头中考英语真题试题答案
2014年广东佛山中考英语真题试题答案
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |