What is a relationship Puerto Rico has with other countries?

Question

Concerning globalization... like, does Puerto Rico have business with another country?

Answer 1

Puerto Rico's government has been trying to expand ties with the governments across the Eastern Caribbean but it has been difficult because of U.S. restrictions.  Because the U.S. doesn't give P.R. enough autonomy it is not freely able to engage in more trade and thus earn more foreign exchange from across the Caribbean...

At the same time the colonies of Britain/The Netherlands/France are freer in being able to seek regional agreements.  The United States is afraid that if P.R. seeks a relationship with other islands in the Caribbean that some of the trade will be with Cuba which all of the other islands in the Caribbean have a relationship with (Less the US Virgin Islands also.)

The Caribbean islands did place two regional institutions in Puerto Rico which was the "Caribbean Hotel Association" (CHA) and the "Caribbean Tourism Organisation" (CTO) both had offices in Puerto Rico but they were closed because various travel requirements meant that leaders from the other Caribbean islands had to deal with too much hassle to hold meetings in Puerto Rico (because of new US restrictions) so all the islands voted to disband it from Puerto Rico. So now Puerto Rico is one of the only Caribbean islands not to hold any regional institution.

P.R. hasn't given up though it is seeking to strengthen ties with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) -- http://www.oecs.org/

http://www.stlucia.gov.lc/pr2007/june/pu...

http://sunstkitts.com/paper/?asknw=view&...

http://www.cuopm.com/newsitem.asp?articl...

Answer 2

Puerto Rico has the same relationship as the U.S. since it is a U.S. Territory. Puerto Rico can not have a relationship with countries that the U.S. have restrictions or an embargo on.

Answer 3

Nothing! once a female governor tried to ally with other countries to make exchanges, but Collin Powell call her the attention and said: Uh Uh! No! youre not going to do anything with no one, you know why!? because Puerto Rico is a Dirty, thief, ugly and gross Colony...