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Ra?l Castro has said Cuba hopes to continue to normalize relations with the United States but made it clear that the Trump administration should not expect concessions affecting the country?s sovereignty. Seeking to reverse more than 50 years of US efforts to force communist-run Cuba to change by isolating it, Obama agreed with Castro in December 2014 to work to normalize relations. Obama, a Democrat, used executive orders to circumvent the longstanding US trade embargo on Cuba and ease some restrictions on travel and business. Travel to the Caribbean island from the United States has increased, with the start of direct flights and cruises and roaming agreements signed, but no manufacturing or significant trade deals have been inked. Since then the two countries have restored diplomatic ties and signed cooperation agreements.