The Cuban Assets Control Regulations, , are regulations of the

United States Department of the Treasury The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States, where it serves as an executive department. The department oversees the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and ...

on July 8, 1963, under the

Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 The Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) of 1917 (, codified at and et seq.) is a United States federal law, enacted on October 6, 1917, that gives the President of the United States the power to oversee or restrict any and all trade between the ...

, that general regulate relations between

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and the U.S. and are the main mechanism of domestic enforcement of the

United States embargo against Cuba The United States embargo against Cuba prevents American businesses, and businesses organized under U.S. law or majority-owned by American citizens, from conducting trade with Cuban interests. It is the most enduring trade embargo in modern his ...

. It was recently modified by the Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Authority

The relevant laws are: * * * * * U.S.C. App 1–44 * , , ( note) * , () * , * , * , * , , 3 CFR, 1938–1943 Comp., p. 1174 * , , 3 CFR, 1943–1948 Comp., p. 748 * Proc. 3447, , 3 CFR, 1959–1963 Comp., p. 157 * , , 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 614

References

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