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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency in the United States due to the threat to national security and foreign policy posed by Cuba.
The text of the order, released by the White House on Thursday, states: “I find that the situation in Cuba constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States (…) and I hereby declare a national emergency in connection with this threat.”
Trump said the Cuban regime cooperates with "numerous hostile countries," including Russia, China, and Iran, as well as with "transnational terrorist groups and malign actors hostile to the United States."
To address the declared emergency, the decree provides for the establishment of a tariff system. Specifically, it proposes levying an additional ad valorem duty on the import of goods originating from a foreign country that directly or indirectly sells or supplies oil to Cuba.
The US Commerce Department has been tasked with identifying countries that can supply oil to Cuba, and senior administration officials will determine the size of the additional tariff.
The order also states that "if the government of Cuba or another foreign country covered by this order takes significant steps to address the national emergency declared under this order and sufficiently supports the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States, I may modify this order."
Earlier, on January 28, Trump stated that Cuba was on the brink of collapse due to the interruption of Venezuelan oil supplies. He stated that Havana had previously "received money and oil from Venezuela, but now it has been deprived of that."
