Comments by "ricardo kowalski" (@ricardokowalski1579) on "Should Cuba Integrate with North America? || Peter Zeihan" video.

  1. 3:30 "can grow competitively is cane sugar" Peter is waaaaayyyy wrong on this =====REUTERS That 2021-2022 harvest hit just 52% of the goal for the season, Granma said, or approximately 474,000 tons. That is nearly half of last year's crop of 800,000 tonnes, which was already the worst since 1908. =====The Observatory of Economic Complexity Exports In 2022, Cuba exported $67.2M in Raw Sugar, making it the 45th largest exporter of Raw Sugar in the world. At the same year, Raw Sugar was the 5th most exported product in Cuba. =====Ajazzera But for decades, the industry has been in decline. While the island regularly produced more than 7 million tonnes in the 1980s, last season — squeezed by new “maximum pressure” United States sanctions — it yielded only 480,000 tonnes. This year, the target is even lower as Cuba heads for its worst sugar harvest in more than a century. The USA consumes 11 million metric tons of sugar per year. So Cuba is less than 5% of what the US markets needs, it wont move the needle ALSO: Mexico is the only real ally Cuba has left. Any attempt to extend NAFTA incentives to Cuba, will be contrary to Mexico's interests, There are still many "1980s mexicans" in TODAY's Mexico.
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