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A complete, authoritative discussion-in nontechnical language-of the economic and political conditions, and the basic laws and legal structures, that must exist in Cuba before it's safe for foreign enterprises to do business there.

Table of Contents

Introduction Initial Conditions: A Minimum Economic and Political Transition in Cuba Repeal of United States Legislation Imposing a Trade Embargo against Cuba Changes to Cuba's Legal Infrastructure Resolution of Expropriation Claims against Cuba Foreign Investment Legislation Privatization Program Other Transition-Period Laws Relating to Foreign Investment and Privatization Laws Regulating Cuba's International Trade Transactions Afterword

About the Author

MATIAS F. TRAVIESO-DIAZ is a partner in the Washington law firm of Shaw, Pittman, Potts, and Trowbridge. He concentrates on international matters and heads the firm's Cuban Project, an interdisciplinary effort to assess the legal and business issues that will emerge when Cuba becomes a free-market economy.