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That was basically US policy toward China in the 50s–60s. It was utterly ineffective. US policy toward Cuba had much bigger impact because Cuba is a tiny islan
by jacobolus 8y ago
That was basically US policy toward China in the 50s–60s. It was utterly ineffective.
US policy toward Cuba had much bigger impact because Cuba is a tiny island next to the North American continent, and being cut off from your obvious larger trading partner is more severe.
The US sanctions on Cuba didn’t have anything to do with free elections though, and their primary effect was entrenching the Cuban government while impoverishing the Cuban people.
- AnthonyMouse 8y ago> US policy toward Cuba had much bigger impact because Cuba is a tiny island next to the North American continent, and being cut off from your obvious larger trading partner is more severe. The US is China's largest trading partner and the relative size of China's economy was much smaller at the time. Moreover, other democratic countries could have adopted the same policy which would have given it real teeth. And the sanctions did nothing to entrench the government. The government was already entrenched. If the people there don't like the policy then they know how to end it -- change their government.