Cuba desperately needs its tourism sector to rebound and it’s wooing China to help out

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz met with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week in Beijing. The Cuban leader has been in China to drum up business for its ailing tourism sector, something it desperately wants to revive since its near collapse during the pandemic. Host Marco Werman speaks with Richard Feinberg, a political economist, former diplomat and author of “Open for Business: Building the New Cuban Economy.”

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