The Trump administration will for the first time allow lawsuits to be filed in U.S. courts against companies doing business in Cuba that use properties that were confiscated from Cuban-Americans and other U.S. citizens after the Cuban revolution.

According to Reuters, National Security Adviser John Bolton will on Wednesday announce implementation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act. That law was signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996 but has been waived by every U.S. president for the past 23 years. Implementing the law could expose U.S., European and Canadian companies to legal action worth billions of dollars.

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