The U.S.–Cuba Thaw: An Opportunity and a Challenge for the EU
The U.S.–Cuba Thaw: An Opportunity and a Challenge for the EU

Author(s): Olga Nowicka, Damian Wnukowski
Subject(s): Governance, International relations/trade, Geopolitics
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: United States; Cuba; 50 years of frozen relations; re-opening embassies; US-Cuba relations; US-Cuba reconciliation; American sanctions; European Union; EU-Cuba relations;
Summary/Abstract: After more than 50 years of frozen relations, on 1 July 2015, the United States and Cuba announced the re-opening of embassies in each other’s capitals. The U.S.-Cuba thaw can also benefit the European Union’s relations with the island, which have been partly hindered by the American sanctions. The EU should enhance its contacts, mainly economic, with Cuba to support the U.S.-Cuba reconciliation and lead to the abolition of existing trade barriers that negatively affect European companies.

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