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US might take more steps to relax Cuba embargo

By REUTERS

NOVEMBER 4, 2015 00:03

HAVANA - US President Barack Obama could further relax the US trade embargo of Cuba, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday, adding that Washington would not first demand human rights progress from Havana.

Obama has twice used executive authority to ease the embargo as part of his opening to Cuba, and more such regulatory changes could come if Cuba can absorb those made to date, said David Thorne, a senior adviser to Secretary of State John Kerry.

"We are making progress. We are making regulatory changes. We'll make more," Thorne said.

Obama has eased travel restrictions on Americans, authorized telecommunications companies to operate in Cuba, and permitted trade with Cuba's small but growing private sector, among other measures.

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