Trump beordrar stopp för all handel med Spanien | NTD NYHETER

On the sidelines of the NATO meeting, President Trump ordered an immediate halt to all U.S. trade with Spain. He has expressed frustration with Spain, a member of the European Union. The country has not agreed to NATO's new defense spending target. And its socialist leadership refused to let the U.S. use its airspace or bases on its territory for the Iran war. I don't want anything to do with Spain. Cut off all trade with Spain, please. Trump said on Wednesday he'd ordered an immediate halt to all trade with Madrid. It's over the country's refusal to commit to NATO's new defense spending target of 5% of GDP. Here's some of the numbers behind their trading relationship. Just over $26 billion worth of goods is how much the U.S. exported to Spain last year. That's according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The data further showed imports of around $21 billion. CaixaBank said the U.S. made up just under 5% of the total sales of Spanish goods abroad two years ago. That's well below the weight of the U.S. market in other EU giants like Italy, Germany and France. Wednesday's announcement is the second time Trump has told U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant to stop commerce with Spain. But trade between the two countries continued normally after his first such promise in March. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's office said it was treating Trump's statements as business as usual. And it didn't intend to change the Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez later said he had a very cordial conversation with President Trump. The two discussed the FIFA World Cup and golf, but not defense spending.