MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — The Cuban government is looking forward for US investment and trade with the island country, but there will be no preferential treatment, Cuba's Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca said Monday.
"Of course, we feel positive about US businessmen trading and investing here if US laws permit, but that does not imply any preferential treatment," Malmierca said in an interview with Cuba's state-run Granma newspaper.
US President Barack Obama pledged last December to mend ties with Havana, ease travel and trade restrictions on the island nation and reopen a US embassy there.
In January, the US Treasury and Commerce Department scaled down sanctions related to travel, remittances, trade and banking, while keeping the Cuba trade embargo in effect.
