That doesnt mean he cant negotiate a framework agreement. I think the president does have authority to negotiate an executive a formal executive agreement with cuba which would provide a framework for cuban guarantees to american investors who voluntarily subscribed to the terms of these arrangements. That agreement could spell out the protections cuba is prepared to offer. It would provide impartial dispute settlement. It could even provide funding for the lets say a claims try tribunal, it could provide funding for the awards, if any had to be issued. Where would the money come from . It could come from contributions from cuba and from the investors. Commercial insurance, Political Risk insurance, could play a role in this. Ive done that in private practice for some clients. There is a quasi precedent not directly employed not going quite this far but in the Clinton Administration, they negotiated germany and other countries in europe relating to holocaust claims, these agreements th
From the center fs the citizen strategy teej it and international studies, this is an hour and 20 minutes. I think were going to get started, if everyone could take their seats, get their coffees or waters, bring them to their tables, were going to get started here. Welcome, everybody. Welcome to csis, and thank you for weathering the cold weather here in d. C. Joining us today. Todays event with my colleague, elizabeth nuhaus. Before we get to senator blakes remarks, i just want to offer a brief explanation of what makes todays conference titled getting to normal, a legal pathway for u. S. Cuba policy reform, different from all cuba gatherings that take place here in d. C. As i look in the crowd, i see a lot of familiar faces, welcome to everybody. Folks that have covered cuba for a long time, so i just want to sort of justify why on a rainy morning in washington, d. C. Were here to talk about cuba. Let me start by telling you a bit about what this conference is not shooting for. Toda
Honors the rangers who gave their lives under heroic circumstances. We have paintings of all those rangers. They begin with steven f austin. He was very successful with his rangers. They fought not only managed to make the area reasonable safe from indian raids but when the texas war for independence broke out the rangers played a major role in texas gaining its independence by sending off the mexican army long enough to allow the colonist to build their own army and as a result texas became its own individual nation, the republic of texas for several years. Good afternoon and welcome. My name is myron bellkind, im a professor, former bureau chief for Associated Press and 107th president of the National Press clu club. We are committed to our future with events such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. For more information about the Nation Press Club please visit our website at press. Org. Id like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending todays event. We have workin
And its my conclusion that the president could not make an do on his own authority an executive agreement which looks like a traditional bilateral tree because that exposes the United States government the treasury to reciprocal liability for cuban claims. That doesnt mean he cant negotiate a framework agreement. I think the president does have authority to negotiate an executive a formal executive agreement with cuba which would provide a framework for cuban guarantees to american investors who voluntarily subscribed to the terms of these arrangements. That agreement could spell out the protections cuba is prepared to offer. It would provide impartial dispute settlement. It could even provide funding for the lets say a claims try tribunal, it could provide funding for the awards, if any had to be issued. Where would the money come from . It could come from contributions from cuba and from the investors. Commercial insurance, Political Risk insurance, could play a role in this. Ive don