The Trump administration's stepped-up sanctions against Cuba cost the communist-run island some US$20 billion, a foreign ministry official said on Wednesday (Jan 20).
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Cuba says Trump sanctions cost it US$20 billion
The Trump administration's stepped-up sanctions against Cuba cost the communist-run island some US$20 billion, a foreign ministry official said on Wednesday (Jan 20).
The Trump administration's stepped-up sanctions against Cuba cost the communist-run island some $20 billion, a foreign ministry official said Wednesday.
"The damage to the bilateral relationship during this time has been considerable, and the economic harm to Cuba immense," Johana Tabalada, a senior ministry official, told AFP.
"We estimate it at about $20 billion," she said by email.
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