While rules on collaborating with authors from U.S.-sanctioned countries have been eased, some concerns remain
American publishers and editors previously restricted from publishing works from U.S.-sanctioned Cuba, Iran and Sudan are concerned about a rule change designed to ease collaboration with authors from those nations.
Americans can now participate freely in most publishing activities with Cubans, Iranians and Sudanese although their countries remain under U.S. trade embargoes - according to rules unveiled in December by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
The new rules establish a "general license" that requires no application …