Trump Weighing New Limits on Cuba Travel and Military Sanctions [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

by Margaret Talev
June 12, 2017, 8:16 PM CDT


President Donald Trump plans to scale back his predecessor’s effort to open Cuba to U.S. tourism and trade, and his advisers are preparing options including new limits on American travel to the island and restricting partnerships between U.S. companies and entities with ties to the Cuban military, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

Final options haven’t yet been presented to Trump, though a decision is expected before a visit by the U.S. president to Miami on Friday. The people familiar with the plans, both outside the White House, spoke on condition of anonymity because discussions are ongoing.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Monday declined to describe Trump’s plans for President Barack Obama’s Cuba liberalization policy. “When we have an announcement on the president’s schedule we’ll let you know,” he told reporters.

Trump has criticized Obama’s deal-making with Cuba as one-sided, and has said it allowed the Castro regime to continue human rights abuses. Obama re-opened the U.S. embassy on the island, relaxed travel restrictions on American citizens, and allowed U.S. airlines to establish direct flights and U.S. cruise lines to make ports of call in Cuba.

More:
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-13/trump-weighing-new-limits-on-cuba-travel-and-military-sanctions

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