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Reform of U.S. Sanctions Relating to Agriculture and Medicine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

Sean D. Murphy
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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 95 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 413 - 414
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2001

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1 The law appears as Title IX to H.R. 5426,106th Cong. (2000), which was enacted into law on October 28, 2000, pursuant to P.L. 106-387, 114 Stat. 1549 (2000).

2 H.R. 5426,106th Cong. §903 (2000). The law provides for certain exceptions, such as in time of war. Id. §904.

3 Id. §905.

4 Id. §906.

5 Id. §908(a).

6 Id. §908 (b).

7 Id. §910.

8 For a lengthy report by an independent agency of the U.S. government on the history of U.S. sanctions on Cuba, see International Trade Commission, The Economic Impact of U.S. Sanctions with Respect to Cuba, USITC Pub. No. 3398 (Feb. 2001), available at <ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/studies/pub3398.PDF>.

9 See Pianin, Eric & Morgan, Dan, Deal Reached to Allow Food Sales to Cuba, Wash. Post, Oct. 6, 2000, at A1.Google Scholar

10 See DeYoung, Karen, Embargo Foes Feel Let Down on Cuba, Wash. Post, Oct. 8, 2000, at A16.Google Scholar Since the demise of its principal supporter (the Soviet Union), Cuba has pursued an austerity program by which it relies on foreign banks to finance most of its imports. See Marquis, Christopher, Congressional Leaders Approve a Deal to Allow Food Sales to Cuba, N.Y. Times, Sept. 28, 2000, at A23.Google Scholar

11 See Cubans Protest U.S. Food Sales Bill, Wash. Post, Oct. 19, 2000, at A26.Google Scholar

12 GA Res. 55/20 (Nov. 9, 2000). The vote was 167 in favor, 3 against (Israel, the Marshall Islands, and the United States), and 4 abstentions.

13 See DePalma, Anthony, Waiting at the Gate for Trade with Cuba, N.Y. Times, Feb. 4, 2001, §3 at 4.Google Scholar

14 Statement on Signing the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, 36 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 2669, 2670 (Nov. 6, 2000).Google Scholar