Federal Government Policy and Business

U.S. Commerce Chief Heading to Cuba for Talks

The New York Times: WASHINGTON — President Obama will dispatch Penny Pritzker, the commerce secretary, to Cuba next week to discuss a raft of new rules easing American travel and business between the nations, the first such high-level talks since he announced he was normalizing relations with a Cold War adversary.

Ms. Pritzker will meet with senior Cuban officials on Oct. 6 and 7, the Commerce Department announced on Monday, to describe the regulatory changes that took effect last week and to hear from them on “the structure and status of the Cuban economy.” She is the second member of Mr. Obama’s cabinet to travel to Cuba since his decision last year to upend more than 50 years of American policy and re-establish diplomatic ties with Havana.

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