politics
January 31, 2026
FACTBOX: Trump declares state of emergency in US over alleged threat from Cuba
Under US law, this grants the president authority to impose duties on goods from countries supplying oil to Cuba
TL;DR
- US President Donald Trump signed an executive order authorizing tariffs on goods from countries supplying oil to Cuba.
- The order declares a national emergency due to an alleged threat posed by Cuba.
- Tariffs may be imposed on goods imported into the US that are products of any country selling or providing oil to Cuba.
- The specific duty rate has not yet been determined.
- Under US law, this emergency status grants the president authority to impose such duties.
- The decree states that Cuba's actions harm and threaten the United States and that Havana acts in solidarity with entities hostile to the US, listing Russia, China, and Iran.
- Trump denied seeking to economically strangle Cuba but criticized its political system.
- Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla strongly condemned the new US measures.
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