On May 30, 2019, President Trump threatened to implement a 5% tariff, starting on June 1, on all Mexican imports if the country did not stop the increasing number of migrant persons crossing the U.S. and Mexican border. The White House also posted a statement that laid out the increase of tariffs if no solution arose between the two countries. The tariffs proposed could rise to 10% on July 1st, 15% on August 1st, 20%…

On June 4, 2019, the Trump Administration formally implemented its previously announced intent to tighten its Cuban sanctions program. Specifically, on April 17, 2019 the Administration had announced that in response to Cuba’s alleged role in “destabilizing” activities throughout Latin America, particularly in Venezuela and Nicaragua, it would terminate aspects of the relaxations, primarily related to travel, previously implemented by the Obama Administration. Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)…