Region coverage
Dated GeoSignal briefings on North America. Read developments, assessment and source references in their original context.
As of 1 July, the operative change was the United States' May-June 2026 expansion of Cuba sanctions, including the 11 June designation of state oil company CUPET, after which Cuba said on 30 June that bilateral talks had shown no progress.
The European Commission signed the non-binding Pax Silica Declaration on 25 June 2026 on behalf of the EU, completing an internal EU authorisation process that had begun in March and was cleared by member states earlier in June.
On 25 June 2026, the European Commission said it preliminarily considers Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure to be gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act, moving the case beyond the investigation stage while leaving final designation pending.
OpenAI said on June 26 that GPT-5.6 entered a limited preview for a small group of trusted partners after the U.S. government requested restricted initial access before any broader rollout.
