The U.S. President Barack Obama continued for one year trade embargo against Cuba. President underlines that punitive measures “comply with the national interests of the United States. Thus, sanctions remain in force until September 14, 2011. Trade embargo in 1962 and aimed to overthrow the communist government of the island, prohibits links to U.S. companies in Cuba. The only exception is allowed for trade in agricultural products and some medicines. The unofficial position of Cuba is that the embargo restricts access to so many products that compels people to resort to piracy, says Reuters. Several weeks after the premiere of the comedy “Murderers” in the U.S., the film can now be seen in the cinemas of communist Cuba about 9 U.S. cents. Strip adventures of Ashton Kutcher as a CIA assassin and is available on DVD. The problem is that the film will be officially released on DVD on September 7 in the U.S. and even then, because the U.S. embargo against Cuba, it can spread to the island. The years of embargo against Cuba cost the American business and countless missed opportunities at the same time the island became a haven for pirated goods. Although the embargo prohibits U.S. companies such as Microsoft’s software export to Cuba, the island’s most computers have installed unlicensed versions of the operating system.
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U.S. intends to pressed their economic partners of G20 is not rash with plans to tighten fiscal policy, while recovery in the global economy still looks uncertain, says the Wall Street Journal. U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern that the context of fragile global economic recovery may again fall into a recession if government incentives are withdrawn too quickly, as happened during the administration of President Herbert Hoover in the 30 years past century, soon after the start of the Great Depression. Obama will call on leaders of the G20, which will meet in Toronto this weekend to extend their programs to stimulate the economy and thereby promote economic growth. Meanwhile, governments worldwide adopted measures to cut spending and tightening fiscal discipline. Especially wary European leaders have proved over the situation in Greece, where the huge debt and the prospect of bankruptcy of the state scared investors and led the European Union and the International Monetary Fund to adopt a rescue plan for nearly a trillion dollars. Representatives of the Chinese government stressed that if the programs to stimulate the economy be maintained, this can create financial bubbles that will generate risk. Analysts say one reason why China announced on Saturday that will allow some flexibility in its currency, is inflation, making the country imports more expensive. Furthermore, fiscal policy and other topics, which are expected to be discussed at a meeting in Toronto, have low levels of consumption and large trade imbalances of Germany and Japan.
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