US EditionDonald Trump to Impose Tariffs on Countries that Sell Oil to Cuba
The order declares a national emergency and empowers officials to impose tariffs on oil suppliers to Cuba, targeting Mexico, Russia, and Venezuela amid U.S. concerns over security threats.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency and authorizing tariffs on countries that supply oil to Cuba.
- After the Venezuela operation, U.S. officials say curtailed Venezuelan oil shipments narrowed Cuba's suppliers to Mexico, while the administration framed the move as a national-security response to Cuba's hostile alliances.
- The executive order directs multiple agencies to weigh tariff decisions, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick tasked to consult Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Department without naming rates or targets.
- The order primarily pressures Mexico, whose PEMEX has paused shipments, while Cuban officials and European diplomats warned of risks to electricity, water, and health services.
- Mr. Trump's use of tariffs as a diplomatic tool suggests broader strategic aims, authorizing monitoring of oil shipments to Cuba and requiring reports to Congress under the national emergency.
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President Donald Trump of the United States has signed a state of emergency decree that allows for the imposition of duties on goods from countries directly or indirectly supplying oil to Cuba.
Trump threatens tariffs on countries supplying oil to Cuba, tightening pressure on Mexico
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that opens the door to imposing tariffs on imports from countries deemed to be supplying crude oil to Cuba, a move designed to raise the external cost of keeping Havana’s energy lifeline open and further constrain fuel flows to the island.
Oil-producing countries face duties.
Trump threatens tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that could further cripple an island plagued by a deepening energy crisis. The order would primarily put pressure on Mexico, a government that has acted as an oil lifeline for Cuba and has constantly voiced solidarity for the U.S. adversary even as Mexican President Claudia…
Trump Orders New Tariffs on Any Nations Selling Oil to Cuba
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 29 that threatens to impose new tariffs on any country that “directly or indirectly provides oil to Cuba.” “I find that the policies, practices, and actions of the Government of Cuba constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security and foreign policy of the United States,” the executive ord…
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