The revenge of the Spanish economy

The revenge of the Spanish economy

Spain has made a spectacular economic recovery since the last economic crash– but Spaniards are still struggling and fear Trump’s tariffs might trigger another disaster

Catalan exports exceeded 100 billion euros last year and act as a propellant for the economy, but the engine can grip the Trump administration’s tariff tightening. The trade war declared by the US president against the whole world means raising average tariffs on imports from the world’s first power above 20%, a fright for the upward commercial dynamics that Catalan companies are maintaining with the United States.

Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on European products arriving in the United States is going to directly impact the pocket of Spanish consumers almost from the first day this measure has been launched. Gradually, from now on, the cost of many day-to-day products will be strained not only by these new rates, but by the pressure that all world trade will suffer.Of all the purchases that we usually make, those linked to American brand shoe…

The historic declaration of trade and tariff war promulgated by the United States is already passing bills to the medium-sized companies of our country, as reflected in the latest edition of the International Business Report (IBR), the global study by Grant Thornton to measure the expectations and concerns of middle-market worldwide. Thus, the... La entrada Four out of ten Spanish entrepreneurs fear that tariffs will weigh their foreign trade ap…

The president of the Harbour Authority of the Bay of Cadiz, T eófila Martínez, has assured this Friday that the imposition of tariffs of 20% on European exports announced by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, "is going to be a problem for everyone", and that from the port of Cadiz "we will try to cushion it as much as possible".In statements to the journalists before participating in a forum on the railway corridor of the West-Rut…

70% believe that the consequences of tariffs will be negative and 8% very negative