At the 2023 World Baseball Classic, active MLB players will represent Cuba for the first time.

U.S. restrictions prohibited Cuban residents in the U.S. from training with the national team in Cuba. Ultimately, some of the players were allowed to train with the team in Japan.

But U.S. sanctions continue to impact Cuban ballplayers. To play in the Majors, they have to first establish residence outside of Cuba.

In 2018, Cuba signed an agreement with the MLB to stop human trafficking and normalize the ability for Cuban ballplayers to sign with Major League teams without abandoning their home. But Trump killed the deal.

Thus far, Biden has done nothing to renew it.

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