Trump administration blocks deal for MLB to sign Cuban players Globe_Sports
The Trump administration on Monday blocked a historic agreement between Major League Baseball and the Cuban Baseball Federation that would have allowed Cuban players to sign with U.S. teams without needing to defect.
The move essentially overturns an agreement reached between MLB and the Cuban federation in December following three years of negotiation under which Cuban players would have been able to sign with major league teams. In the past, some Cuban stars have been smuggled off the island in speedboats.The U.S. decision was the latest step by U.S.
The senior Trump administration official suggested that the agreement would have subjected the players to “human trafficking” by the Cuban government and made them “pawns of the Cuba dictatorship.” The U.S. Treasury Department essentially reversed its earlier decision that had laid the groundwork for negotiation of the baseball deal.
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