Vilsack to Travel with Obama to Cuba

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack will travel with President Obama to Cuba later this month.  The trip will be the first visit by a sitting U.S. President in nearly 90 years to Cuba.  This will be Secretary Vilsack's second trip to Cuba.  In November 2015, Vilsack led a delegation of U.S. Government officials traveling to Havana in the interest of strengthening bilateral agricultural engagement.

During his visit in November, Vilsack met Cuban leadership along with farmers. USDA says Vilsack will use this second trip to Cuba to discuss opportunities for collaboration in agriculture among the United States and Cuba, to better understand how climate change is affecting agricultural production in Cuba, and continue to help American businesses interested in exporting to Cuba. The Obama administration will announce more easing of trade and travel restriction on Cuba March 17th. The President will then travel to Cuba March 21st.

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