Cuba will pay for U.S. imports prior to shipment under rule change.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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Byline: Rafael Lorente

WASHINGTON _ The Bush administration announced Tuesday it will begin requiring that Cuba pay American farmers in advance of shipment for agricultural products, a change that proponents of trade say will hurt lucrative sales of food to the island.

Tuesday, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, which enforces trade and travel restrictions with Cuba, issued regulations in the Federal Register that define cash...

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