White House Declares Cuba a National Threat and Tees Up Oil-Linked Tariffs
TL;DR
The White House declares Cuba a national emergency, accusing the regime of aligning with adversaries and supporting transnational terrorists, and creates a framework to impose additional ad valorem duties on imports from countries that directly or indirectly provide oil to Cuba, with implementation and monitoring led by the Commerce, State, Treasury, and related agencies, effective January 30, 2026.
- ADDRESSING THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA The White House (.gov)
- ‘A hurricane is coming’: Havana prepares people for war as US shuts off Cuba’s oil valve CNN
- Trump to impose tariffs on goods from nations nations giving oil to Cuba, White House says Reuters
- Cuba has ‘15 to 20 days’ of oil left as Donald Trump turns the screws Financial Times
- Trump administration weighs naval blockade to halt Cuban oil imports Politico
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