Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez announced Tuesday that, despite Cuba’s recent approval of a series of free-market reforms, negotiations between Cuba and the United States remain at a standstill. However, he said it was shocking that they were faced with a new package of unilateral coercive measures against Cuba.

The U.S. has imposed new sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz Canel and other officials, as well as on companies that are vital to Cuba’s faltering economy.

Communist Party of Cuba and the National Assembly of People’s Power approved 176 economic measures, marking the largest economic shift since the revolution.

The reforms include providing more leeway for private enterprises, allowing them to hire employees freely, and authorizing private banks and Cubans to invest abroad.

Rodriguez also announced that the United Nations General Assembly will hold a debate on July 7 regarding the energy embargo imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump in late January.