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Dati: Minister Trade Spain Tomorrow from Beesent, “to strengthen bilateral relationships”

The Spanish minister of the economic system and commerce, Carlos Cuerpo, flies to Washington. He introduced a head to head for tomorrow with the Treasury Secretary, Scott Besent and on the agenda there are additionally interviews with the President of the World Bank, Ajay Banga, and with US entrepreneurs who need to broaden the actions in Spain. The primary objective is to consolidate bilateral financial relations with some of the vital companions for Spain, highlighted the minister in declarations to journalists relaunched by El Pais on the day of the mission to Washington of the Commissioner Commissioner, Maros Sefcovic, to begin the negotiations with the White House on the duties. Cuerpo insisted that within the interview with Bessent doesn’t intention to face the difficulty of duties, a file who – he stated – is the unique competence of the EU commissioner to commerce and on which Spain is totally aligned with Brussels. “Tomorrow I will have an institutional meeting with my American counterpart in which we will face all the main bilateral issues, with the aim of strengthening the relationship between Spain and the USA, grown in recent years and today in one of the best phases”, stated the minister by speaking a couple of assembly “coordinated with a visit to the commission with which we are in continuous contact to align European messages and support the commissioner’s work”. Cuerpo’s mission nonetheless arrives in a fragile second. According to the minister, Trump’s choice of a ‘truce’ on “mutual duties” is an “open door” to barter. “We have a lot to protect”, the minister insisted, in line with which “it is an important moment to see if we are able, together, to arrive at a negotiated solution that would be of great advantage for both sides”. The mission additionally arrives after the criticisms of Beesent for the assembly between the Spanish premier, Pedro Sanchez, and the Chinese chief Xi Jinping.