It had hoped to be the first freighter to arrive in Cuba since the U.S. trade embargo was installed four decades ago. Cargo planes have been delivering goods to Cuba for years. The shipment was made possible by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act. Crowley hopes the visit to Cuba will be made every week as part of its regular route to Mexico, but that depends on how much cargo there is available to ship. Rep. Ileana Ros Lehtinen, R-Fla., said there won't be much because opponents of the act had been able to ban any trade financing that comes from the Unites States.
Most world trade is backed by trade financing.
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