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The Helms-Burton Law: Development, Consequences, and Legacy for Inter-American and European-US Relations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Joaquín Roy
Joaquín Roy*
Affiliation:
University of Barcelona, University of Miami, Georgetown University
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On April 11, 1997, the European Commission, represented by its vice president and UK commissioner, Leon Brittan, responsible for foreign trade and relations with North-America; and the government of the United States, represented by Under Secretary of State for Foreign Trade Stuart Eizenstat, agreed on a compromise that in effect would temporarily neutralize the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996, better known as the Helms-Burton law, just a year after its approval. In the event that all the portions of the agreement are implemented, this accommodation will represent the end of one of the most serious episodes of disagreement between Washington and Brussels since the end of the Cold War, as well as between the United States and its partners in NAFTA.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , Fall 1997 , pp. 77 - 108
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Copyright © University of Miami 1997

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