“Deeply [regretting] the full activation”, on the same day, by the United States, of the Helms-Burton Act, which strengthens the embargo against Cuba, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, warned on 2 May that the EU would react to the effects of this law. Until now, Europeans have had an exemption (see EUROPE B12229A21).
“The EU considers the extra-territorial application of unilateral restrictive measures to be contrary...