The US administration's decision to allow, as from Thursday 2 May, legal suits in the United States against European and Canadian companies operating in Cuba "can only lead to an unnecessary spiral of legal actions", warned the European Union and Canada on Wednesday 17 April (see EUROPE B12229A21).
With regard to the EU and Ottawa, the activation of Chapter III of the Helms-Burton Act is contrary to international law. The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, Federica...