Havana ¨C Cuba announced new details of its plans to open up key sectors of its state-run economy to private industry amid Washington¡¯s campaign of maximum pressure aiming to force an economic transformation on the communist-run island.
Economic changes including easing restrictions on land use, allowing businesses to import fuel and medications, and authorizing private tourist companies to operate on the island were discussed by ?Cuban lawmakers at a two-day National Assembly that concluded on Thursday.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said the reforms were not being ?implemented to ?please the U.S. and key sectors of the economy would not be privatized.
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