The United States’ embargo against Americans doing business in Cuba is nearly 50 years old. In a fast changing world, one in which China and other countries are growing into rival economic powerhouses, why does the U.S. continue to hamstring itself in its own economic backyard?

International attorney James Lillie says there is no good reason for the U.S. to continue its current policy toward Cuba, and that it’s time to scrap this Cold War relic. In fact, says Lillie, allowing Cuba back into the world economic fold would be a boon for American companies and the U.S. economy. The next American president, with the stroke of a pen, could transform Cuban-American relations and turn Cuba into a land of opportunity for U.S. business.

Join Lillie for a forward-looking interview that will include:

• How ending the trade embargo against Americans would allow U.S. companies to drill for oil in Cuban territory.

• How the U.S. can fend off economic competitors in its own neighborhood, including China and Venezuela’s Chavez.

• Why few political leaders have the courage to challenge U.S. policy toward Cuba.

• Why Congress should rescind the Helms/Burton Act.

CREDENTIALS: Jay Lillie is a New York-based international lawyer and a published novelist. His blog on international politics appears weekly on Publishers Market Place. In speaking engagements on radio and in person, Jay lets the chips fall where they may. His latest book is PACIFIC REBOUND, a novel involving the clash of Eastern and Western cultures.

AVAILABILITY: Nationally by arrangement and via telephone

CONTACT: Jay Lillie, (919) 467-1775 (NC); World Phone, (919) 605 2832; jlillie1@aol.com