The restoration of diplomatic relations with the US marks a turning point. Setbacks are likely, but now that reconciliation has begun, The Economist Intelligence Unit expects most US economic sanctions to be gone by 2019.
Removal of most of the barriers to bilateral economic relations requires majority votes in a hostile US Congress, but an increasing flow of US remittances and visitors, and foreign investor interest, will erode resistance.

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