Spain's PM urges Washington to reconsider tariff 'nonsense'
The stakes are high as a 25% import duty on cars looms over transatlantic trade relations
MADRID (ESPAÑA), 28/03/2025.- El presidente del Gobierno, Pedro Sánchez, interviene este viernes en la quinta edición del 'Foro Fondos Europeos', organizado por elDiario.es en Madrid. EFE/ Juan Carlos Hidalgo | JUAN CARLOS HIDALGO
Madrid28/03/2025 13:00Updated at 14:55
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and European Commission Vice President Teresa Ribera on Friday urged the United States to reconsider new tariffs on goods from Europe and open a dialogue with Brussels to stop what Sanchez described as "nonsense". President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States will charge a 25% import tariff on all cars. On Thursday, the Commission said the European Union was preparing a "robust, calibrated" response.
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Zoltan TeglasAt least they got to vote. No one voted for Ursula on or LeGarde, yet there they are! with their host of un-elected bureacrats, deciding the fate of The Block.
Stan The ManSomeone has to pay for trump's tax cut for the super rich. Why normal people would vote for that insane con man is beyond me.
So a leader of a member of a protectionist trade block . Criticising a sovereign leader that introduces protectionist tariffs. Humm. Maybe if the European 🇪🇺 opened its markets and scrapped the farming subsidies then they wouldn’t have “nonsense” . But the world isn’t based on solidarity but competition, and European 🇪🇺 producers wouldn’t survive.
Is America short of money ? Has Trump discovered a BLACK HOLE in Americas finances?. Chancellor REEVES found a very suspicious Black Hole in the UK finances. Plus blames the previous Government ( As they always do !!!) Perhaps Trump.will eventually blame Biden too, for the sudden need for his surfeit of 25% Taxations.
Whenever I order something from the States to be delivered here, I get the priviledge of paying egregious import tax. I even got to pay tax when Mom or Dad used to send Christmas presents to the kids, sometimes tax being more than the gift itself. If, however, I send something to the States, there is no tax due payable by the receiver. Seems to me things should at least be equal, far as extortion goes.