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Citing emergency powers, Trump tacitly threatened Mexico with tariffs if they kept sending oil to Cuba.
Mexico had become the island's largest provider of oil.
That executive order relied on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which the Supreme Court has now said he cannot use to impose tariffs.
Eder Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City.
President Trump declared a national emergency and cited drug trafficking as a reason to place 25% tariffs on Mexico.
The Supreme Court said that was unconstitutional.
But Mexican economists say the effect may be limited because Trump had also issued exemptions.
About 80% of Mexican exports to the U.S.
Where the Supreme Court decision might have a big effect is on an executive order Trump issued on Cuba.
Citing emergency powers, Trump tacitly threatened Mexico with tariffs if they kept sending oil to Cuba.
Mexico had become the island's largest provider of oil.
That executive order relied on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which the Supreme Court has now said he cannot use to impose tariffs.
Eder Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City.
Cuba's government says as of today, commercial airliners won't be able to refuel at any of the country's airports.
Air Canada announced it was suspending all its flights, saying it would also send empty planes to evacuate the 3,000 Canadians on vacation packages in Cuba.
Cuba gets a lot of its foreign currency from visitors, and Canadians make up a vast majority of tourists who visit Cuba.
Cuba's oil woes have been made worse by increasing U.S.