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George W. Bush: Cuba: Increased trade would help Castro

Says economic sanctions on the regime of longtime Cuban strongman Fidel Castro should remain in place. "I really think we should keep the pressure on," Bush said. "I'm worried that increased trade would only enhance a totalitarian regime."
Source: Av Harris, Reuters Aug 1, 1999

Pope Francis: Saddened by US restrictions on travel and trade with Cuba

Pope Francis said he was saddened by Trump's decision last year to implement new restrictions on American travel and trade with Cuba. The move rolled back his predecessor President Barack Obama's opening to the island nation. That deal, which the Vatican helped broker, "was a good step forward", the pope said.
Source: Reuters on 2018 Trump Administration Jun 20, 2018

Steve Forbes: Punish China for wounding US security

Regarding the Cox Report: The administration's "national security policy of hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil has deeply wounded" US security. Forbes said China should be punished. He called for an end to the licensing of military products to China, sanctions on People's Liberation Army companies doing business in the United States and a halt to efforts to give China special breaks on entry into the World Trade Organization."
Source: Reuters May 25, 1999

Steve Forbes: European Union is a "misguided global institution."

Forbes warned that the European single currency and the "Third Way" policies [mixing capitalism & socialism] expounded by British Prime Minister Tony Blair could doom Britain's prosperity. In remarks at the British Library in London, Forbes asked why Britain would want to give up the pound, which he called one of history's "great and enduring currencies." He called the European Union a "misguided global institution."
Source: Reuters Oct 13, 1999

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