Trump threatens tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico
Source: NBC
Trump's executive order also declared a national emergency over Cuba, saying the Cuban government represents an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to the United States' national security and foreign policy.
By Michelle L. Price | The Associated Press and NBC6 Published 2 hours ago Updated 1 hour ago
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 puts pressure on Mexico.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said this week that her government had at least temporarily stopped oil shipments to Cuba, but said it was a sovereign decision not made under pressure from the United States.
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Trump's executive order also declared a national emergency over Cuba, saying the Cuban government represents an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to the United States' national security and foreign policy.
Trump accuses the Cuban regime of aligning itself with countries including Russia, China and Iran, as well as with transnational terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
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vapor2
(4,025 posts)DJ Synikus Makisimus
(1,238 posts)Cuba, schmuba. Mexico gots lotsa oils. Greenland is, like, sooooooooo last week.
Old Crank
(6,741 posts)for the president not fixing the gun running organizations that are arming the narco thugs.
flamingdem
(40,824 posts)we need the oil or that the USA threatened reprisals?