Trump Rolls Back Obama-led Cuba Opening With Limits on New Deals
- Restrictions could reduce demand for air travel, sea cruises
- Criticized by business lobby group U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Trump Revises U.S. Policy Toward Cuba
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President Donald Trump announced new restrictions Friday limiting U.S. citizens’ ability to travel to and do business in Cuba, moving to roll back his predecessor’s historic rapprochement and drawing a rare rebuke from the nation’s largest business lobbying group.
The changes Trump announced include a ban on Americans doing business with the military and intelligence-affiliated companies that control large swaths of the Cuban economy. He unveiled the new policy during a speech in Miami, where the fervently anti-Castro expatriate community helped deliver an electoral victory to Trump in the crucial battleground state.