U.S. punishes American firm after its Canadian subsidiary leases cars to Cuban embassy in Ottawa
Posted: Jun 18, 2017 5:00 AM ET
U.S. President Donald Trump rolled back some of the key measures of his predecessor's rapprochement with Cuba Friday, making it harder for American tourists to travel to the island, and harder for American corporations to do business there.
That move was immediately met with a rebuke from Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
"We have tremendous respect and a constructive relationship with the United States, but in the matter of Cuba there's always been a certain amount of disagreement," he said at a news conference on Parliament hill with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel.
"The investments in Cuba by Canadian companies and business people, the opportunities for tourism, for trade and for mutual benefit in this relationship will certainly continue," Trudeau added.
"I don't see anything new in the dynamic between Canada and Cuba other than a continued desire to work together for mutual benefit."
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cuba-trudeau-honda-embassy-1.4165416
