{"id":214665,"date":"2016-10-14T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T20:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/172.24.32.11\/daily\/2016\/10\/14\/what_obama_s_executive_order_on_cuban_cigars_means_to_domestic_cigar_makers\/"},"modified":"2018-01-26T20:04:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T01:04:56","slug":"what_obama_s_executive_order_on_cuban_cigars_means_to_domestic_cigar_makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2016\/10\/14\/what_obama_s_executive_order_on_cuban_cigars_means_to_domestic_cigar_makers\/","title":{"rendered":"What Obama\u2019s Executive Order on Cuban Cigars Means to Domestic Cigar Makers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: Before we get going with the primary substance of the program today, there\u2019s something that just happened about two hours ago that, for some of you, is going to be extremely — well, actually for a lot of people this is gonna be very relevant.  On Monday, Barack Hussein O will sign executive orders lifting the embargo on Cuban cigars, rum, and other things.  Now, but wait.  It\u2019s actually not lifting the embargo full-fledged.  You will not be able to, while in this country, go online and order Cuban cigars or rum and have it shipped. <\/p>\n

You will have to leave the country and go to where Cuban cigars are sold or rum or what have you, and buy it, and you can bring in as much as you want now, whereas you were not allowed to bring in any.  There are no provisions for Cuban cigars or rum to be sold retail in the United States yet.  Now, this is gonna cause major problems with the domestic cigar manufacturers in this country \u2019cause I\u2019m gonna tell you what they have been laying the groundwork on or for the day if it ever came that the embargo was lifted.  And it\u2019s all about trademarks and copyright. <\/line><\/p>\n

As you know, there are brand names, Cuban cigars, there things like Cohiba and Partagas, Punch, La Gloria Cubana, there\u2019s all kinds of them, but practically all of them are also marketed in the United States and they are owned by cigar manufacturers that are not Cuban obviously. They\u2019re owned by domestic cigar manufactures, some down in Dominican Republic, some in Nicaragua, and they use tobacco from all over the place. <\/p>\n

What the domestic manufacturers had been long intending to do if the embargo was ever lifted, full-fledged embargo, they were gonna go — they\u2019ve already done this, by the way — to the Treasury department, the Commerce Department, and make first dibs on raw Cuban tobacco.  They were going to claim that it would be unfair trade to allow Cuban cigars to be sold retail in the United States on the basis that they, the domestic manufacturers, had actually established those brands and trademarks for the U.S. market.<\/p>\n

Cohiba, Partagas, Punch, La Gloria Cubana, whatever it is, they were going to say Cuban cigars should remain illegal because they are trademark violations. They were gonna claim that they wanted dibs on the raw Cuban tobacco to do with as they please, blend it into their existing cigars or roll new ones.  That\u2019s now out the window, and they\u2019re gonna be fit to be tied.  This is not congressional action.  This is another Obama executive order, and it is designed to promote trade between the United States and Cuba. <\/p>\n

You are going to have to leave the country. This is specifically for travelers traveling abroad, internationally. You can now buy all the Cuban… You gotta pay the duty on \u2019em. You gotta pay the tax. Same thing with Cuban rum and whatever other Cuban products you want. You can bring all that you want in now.  That\u2019s the difference.  You can\u2019t buy it in the United States still, meaning the Cubans are not gonna be allowed to export to the United States.  And it\u2019s largely… I mean, I\u2019m guessing.<\/line><\/p>\n

But it\u2019s largely because the domestic manufacturers that have built up these brands in the U.S. market, want those brands to not be violated by competing Cuban brands.  Even though the Cubans may have invented the brand first, the brands haven\u2019t been available in this country since 1959, 1960, \u201961, whenever the embargo went into place.  It\u2019s not gonna make the domestic cigar makers happy, but at least it does not allow the import of Cuban cigars retail.  So it\u2019s still a big day.<\/p>\n

I mean, for people who smoke cigars and want Cuban cigars, it\u2019s now legal. You\u2019re gonna be able to get as many as you want and bring them in.  You just gotta go to Canada, gotta go to Mexico, the U.K.  I mean, Cuban cigars are everywhere but here.  You can buy them in France, anywhere.  South Pacific.  They made certain blends for certain countries, certain brands in certain countries. It doesn\u2019t matter now. But you\u2019re still not gonna be able to buy them while you\u2019re in this country. Not legally, anyway.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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