EO 14380

Executive Order 14380 was signed by US President Donald Trump on 29 January 2026, declaring a national emergency concerning Cuba and authorising secondary tariffs on any third country supplying oil or petroleum products to Cuba. Three UN Special Rapporteurs condemned the order on 12 February 2026 as 'an extreme form of unilateral economic coercion with extraterritorial effects,' warning that restricting Cuba's fuel imports risks constituting collective punishment under international humanitarian law. The order explicitly targets third-country suppliers, extending US jurisdiction extraterritorially.

By May 2026 EO 14380 sits inside a dual-EO architecture. Executive Order 14404 (1 May 2026) authorises personal designations against named Cuban officials and their adult relatives via the SDN list under the [Cuba-EO] tag, with Ania Guillermina Lastres Morera the first individual designated on 7 May. EO 14380 continues to govern the fuel-supply pressure on third-country shippers; EO 14404 governs personal sanctions. They carry separate authorities and separate licensing tracks. Cuba General License 1 (7 May) was issued as a savings clause under EO 14404 aligning the new order with the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, not under EO 14380. Earlier Lowdown framing tying OFAC General Licence 134B (18 April) to EO 14380's Cuba architecture was incorrect: GL 134B was a Russia-programme wind-down licence whose operative text explicitly excluded transactions involving persons located in or organised under the laws of Cuba. The Sovcomflot Universal therefore never had a lawful Cuba unloading window under GL 134B at any point. GL 134B expired 16 May without a Cuba-specific successor under EO 14404. The Granma newspaper's cut to weekly printing from 2 March cited EO 14380's impact on fuel supply chains.