ADVISORY/Three Senators Push for End to Cuba Sanctions.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000 TOPIC: Three Senators, Max Baucus Max Sieben Baucus (born December 11 1941) is the senior United States Senator from Montana and is a member of the Democratic Party. Baucus is currently chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Finance and 10th Longest-serving current Senator. , D-Montana, Daniel Akaka Daniel Kahikina "Dan" Akaka (born September 11, 1924) is the junior U.S. Senator from Hawaii and a member of the Democratic Party. He is the second U.S. Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry and is currently the only Chinese American member of the Senate. , D-Hawaii, and Pat Roberts Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts (born April 20, 1936) is the junior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he was formerly the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. , R-Kansas, allegedly have stated that it is time to end sanctions on Cuba and begin to trade with the island nation, reported the Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Daily newspaper published in Chicago. The Tribune is one of the leading U.S. newspapers and long has been the dominant voice of the Midwest. Founded in 1847, it was bought in 1855 by six partners, including Joseph Medill (1823–99), who made the paper . There have been reported moves in Washington to remove restrictions on selling food and medicine to Cuba. American farmers will allegedly benefit from such a change in Cuban policy. Some demands may be made by the U.S. concerning trade if such a policy change were to occur. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Professor Juan M. del Aguila of Emory University Emory University (ĕm`ərē), near Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; United Methodist; chartered as Emory College 1836, opened 1837 at Oxford. It became Emory Univ. in 1915 and in 1919 moved to Atlanta. is an expert on Cuba and political science. (404) 727-6540 (404) 727-6123 (University PR Phone) Dr. Nariman Behravesh, Chief International Economist of Standard & Poor's DRI See Digital Research. is an expert on international trade. PR: Richard Lorant (rlorant@hubbellgroup.com). M. Pano Anthos, Executive Vice President of SYNTRA, is an expert in global commerce and import/export rules. Phone: 212-714-0440 Email: panthos@syntra.com ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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