28. Parallet with tbis, in octobet 1960, trade enbargo neaaures were inposed ."ltha vlew to prohibiting the expore of spare parts fron Che United States t; Cuba.Durinq the same period, shipnents of fuel, r.rhich used to be refined and rnarketed inCuba by North Afierican transnational corporationa, rrere cut off, and lhe aamecorporations subseguenuly refused to refine petroleum fron the Soviet Union. 29. In February 1962, a complele enbargo was inposed on trade teteeen the Ewocountries. and although food and drugs rrere noninally excluded, they rrere inpractice subject to the same r6qirne. 30. The legal provisions that qave the president of the united states authority toinpose the lrade enbargo on cuba are to be found in the Foreign Assistance Act of1961, secrion 620 (a) 1, as amended (22 v.9.c. 23701 (al r (1965)), rhich prohibicsthe granting of 'assistancen by the united states co cuba unress the presidentdelermines lhat sucb assiscance is in the national interest and whlch gives hinauthority to impose a conplete embargo on trade betlreen lhe united states and cuba,as an additional means of applying and irnplenenting the policy of denyingassistance to Cuba. 31. This power $ras exercised by presideDt Kennedy on 7 February 1962 throughPresidentiaL Proclanation 3447 (27 F.R. rog5) nhich orders che secretary of theTreasury (for irnports) and the secretary of comrnerce (for exports) to appty the"Enbargo"- Both secretaries were glven authority to nodify it in the nationalinterest.A/ 40 /596 English Page 29 32. At the start, the conpLete embargo on exports ms lmposed tbrough the Regulation6 on Imports from Cuba, issued on 7 February 1962 under the leqal auehorlty of the Foreign Assistanc€ Act of 1961 ' section 620 (a) l' and presicleniia! Proclamation 344?, which provided for the promulgation of such regula tlons . 33. On 24 !4arch 1962, the Regulations vrere amended under section 5 (b) of the
**Analysis**
The text appears to discuss the economic sanctions imposed by the United States on Cuba, including trade embargoes and restrictions on exports and imports. The language used is formal and legal, suggesting that the text is related to international trade and economic policies.

**Category**
International trade