The Union has won, and welcomed, a small victory in the transatlantic battle over Cuba

Date: 09/01/1997

US President Clinton has renewed for six months the suspension of a provision in the Helms-Burton Act which would have allowed Americans to sue Europeans in US courts for doing business in Cuba. Commission President Jacques Santer said the move was “proof that the contacts and ongoing work between the EU and the US have borne some fruit”. But he added: “We remain firmly opposed to all extraterritorial legislation, whatever its source, and will continue to defend our own interests.”