On December 17, 2014, President Barack Obama announced a set of diplomatic and economic changes aimed at normalizing relations between the United States and Cuba after nearly 55 years of barriers between the two countries. Obama stated that diplomatic relations would be re-established with Cuba, and on May 29 his administration removed Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. New regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Treasury and U.S. Department of Commerce on January 16, 2015, allow certain U.S. exports of telecommunications, construction materials and farming equipment, and allow U.S. banking transactions in Cuba.

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