Why
should I join the U.S.-Cuba Trade Association?
If your company is involved in the current trade with Cuba in agricultural and medical products, joining the USCTA represents a vehicle for you to have a voice in efforts to protect and expand this current trade. Through membership in the USCTA, you will be informed on a regular basis about efforts by the Administration and Congress that impact your business with Cuba and your voice will be heard and counted.
If your company is prohibited from doing business in Cuba now, the Association will provide you with regular information as to any and all developments and efforts to expand the potential for business. Through Association newsletters and e-mail alerts, you will be able to prepare for any eventual opening in U.S. policy toward Cuba. The Association and its members will strongly support such efforts on your behalf.
Aren’t
there other organizations and Associations doing the same thing?
There are many organizations formed and working, but there is no association or organization aimed specifically at promoting business and trade with Cuba through lobbying, meetings, conferences, and other events. The pro-embargo side has numerous organizations working to keep the status quo. On the pro-trade and normalization side, there are organizations that work on different aspects of the issue – travel, academic exchange, family visits, etc. – but ours is the only organization with a focus on business and commercial issues.
Will
the U.S.-Cuba Trade Association replace the work of others?
The intention of the U.S.-Cuba Trade Association is to work with others. Our members decide on their own how they want to participate and how they want their names associated with any USCTA effort. USCTA will make statements consistent with its goals, will ask members to provide testimony or comments on particular issues, and will ask members to sign letters and other expressions of concern. USCTA will align itself with initiatives that can make a positive contribution to protect and expand trade with Cuba.
Who
can join?
Membership is open to any and all companies and organizations wishing to support the goals and objectives of USCTA. We seek to bring into our membership firms not currently involved in exports of agricultural products, but which looking to future business opportunities and support the lifting of the embargo for other products and services. The more companies and the more sectors represented will lead to greater influence.
