US announced it will lift the suspension on lawsuits of Cuban entities for using properties confiscated after its 1959 revolution, further tightening a trade embargo on the country.
Title III of the Helms-Burton Act from 1996 has never gone into effect. If it did, it would allow US citizens to sue persons “trafficking” on their confiscated property in Cuba. Now Trump is contemplating whether to continue suspending it.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the nine firms and people being added to the US blacklist are "critical actors" in a scheme to support Syrian regime leader Bashar al Assad. Officials in Moscow dismiss the sanctions as illegal.
The US and its allies have often tried to stifle the economic growth of several countries for political reasons, but the tactic hurts ordinary citizens and rarely foments regime change.
The Chinese One Belt One Road initiative is running through a chunk of Russia's sphere of influence in Central Asia. It will inevitably pit Russia and China against each other.
Since 1991, the UN General Assembly has been overwhelmingly demanding an end to the US's embargo on Cuba.
The leader of the world's youngest nation met with ambassadors of the UN Security Council to accept 4,000 additional peacekeepers to the region to avoid arms embargo.
Scrapping the embargo will help Vietnam defend against China, as Beijing intensifies a military build-up throughout the South China Sea.
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