If Cuba imports so much chicken from the U.S., then the embargo can’t be that bad, right?

Wrong, according to Paul Johnson, president of the U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba, who explains how U.S. sanctions against Cuba prevent U.S. producers from boosting agricultural trade between two countries that are just 90 miles away from each other.

Johnson argues that U.S. policy on Cuba is not driven by U.S. interests, but by Florida politics.

“We can’t allow one state to determine the entire foreign policy of our country,” he says.

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