Body advances a “security network” for Spanish companies to fall tariffs and “relaunch them” by the Spanish Minister of Economy, Carlos Body, lamented the tariff war unleashed on Wednesday by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, which will cause “a more fragmented and poor world”, but he has advanced that Spain will tend “a safety network” to the most affected sectors, both to help them in the shorter “Relaunch them” in the medium term, trying to facilitate access to new markets and looking for new strategic partners. In an interview in RNE, body has said that it considers “unfair and unjustified” Trump’s decision to impose tariffs and has shown the disposition of the Spanish government to “achieve a negotiated solution” on the matter. “But if there is no place for negotiations, we will take measures to protect our companies and consumers,” he said. In any case, he believes that the announcement of tariffs and that we are facing a “historical moment in which the economic and geopolitical world order is redefined before which it is” very important “that the EU gives a” united “response is a” Spanish economy most affected, both to fall immediately and to get reinforced for the future. Call for “tranquility” and stressed that the impact of tariffs must be analyzed with the affected sectors, because there are “many edges” that can be added, such as a strong dollar can favor Spanish exports, “partially compensating” the tariff increase, or the “replacement effect between countries”, which can do the EU more competitive than other countries. (Tagstotranslate) Commercial War (T) Tariffs
