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...Cuban Economic Czar Ernesto ("Che") Guevara; discussing the U.S. embargo of Cuba...
...Tiger Balm Garden or prowl the stairway streets above Queen's Road and look into the thieves' market of Cat Street, where Chinese antiques from the mainland are sold at bargain prices because they cannot be brought into the U.S., which still maintains a total embargo on all goods from Red China. The antiques (many of dubious antiquity) are often bought by British and Italian dealers, shipped to Europe, and then imported into the U.S. without needing a "certificate of origin...
...petition, sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Liberal Union, urged an end to the "ill-conceived" embargo, "willingness to negotiate "over Guantanamo Bay," and an effort to keep open "avenues of communication." It also urged President Eisenhower not to commit his successor irrevocably on the Cuban issue...
Washington pointed out that the U.S. had not asked Canada to join in the embargo; it had merely sent advance notice to Canada of its plan, as a courtesy. As the week developed, there was little doubt that Castro had succeeded in inserting the thin edge of trade advantage and national pride between the traditional allies...
Positive Results. Now, with a formal embargo under way, Canadian businessmen are betting that their picture will improve. Selected Canadian export figures for 1960's first half show an upward trend compared to 1959: sheet and strip steel went from $149,000 to $212,000, aircraft engines and parts from $35,000 to $209,000, synthetic rubber and plastics from $17,000 to $255,000, medicines from...