Uncertainty and concern in the Spanish agro-industrial sector over Trump's charges: "It's a nonsense and a senseless barbarity"

Not unexpectedly, Spain's agro-industrial sector has welcomed with deep concern the announcement by US President Donald Trump of the imposition of tariffs...

The announcement of the imposition of 20% tariffs by the United States on European products has sparked all the alarms in international trade, especially in key sectors for the Spanish economy such as wine and oil. According to economist Santiago Niño Becerra, this measure marks a before and after: “If this process continues and with this structure, the international trade we have known has died.”

The beginning of 2025 has been marked by significant upward pressure on the prices of several key agricultural commodities.Extreme climate factors and political decisions that alter international trade are reshaping supply and demand dynamics in multiple markets.See more: Trump's more tariffs arrive: what to invest in Latin America in the second quarter?The combination of severe droughts, out-of-season rains, trade tensions among large economies…

The general secretary of the employers of wholesale traders Accoe, José Manuel Álvarez, said this Friday to Efeagro that there is a lot of concern about the tariffs of the US and the reprisals of the European Union (EU) against the agricultural goods of that country, which could affect the soy. Álvarez has pointed out that Spain and the EU are "very dependent" on the imports of soy for the manufacture of feed and that the first draft that the Eu…

The tariff increase announced by Donald Trump is jeopardizing the international economy, which is now redirecting its export policies with the US. Espejo Público speaks with Leticia Chen, president of the Chamber for Spanish-Chinese Cooperation. She points out that, according to Chinese philosophy, when faced with a figure like Donald Trump, it is recommended to remain calm, to "be a mountain"; which is what the country will do. Sophie Faughan i…

U.S. President Donald Trump has launched on Thursday the tariff war against half the world. Only countries that have little trade with the U.S. have been left off the list of states that will suffer the new charges of the White House. Europe as a whole will have to face new trade rates of 20% on all its products. A tax that will have a special impact on the Spanish countryside, one of the leading exporters to North America. Wine, olive, oil... T…