Cuba is preparing to allow Cuban nationals living in the United States to invest in private businesses on the island, a possible shift in economic policy as the communist-run country struggles through one of the deepest economic crises in decades.

Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga said Havana is open to having a “fluid commercial relationship” with the U.S. and Cuban families living in America, according to NBC News.

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