Spain's Pedro Sánchez aims for closer trade ties with China amid US tariffs uncertainty
Washington has criticised Spain's outreach to China with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying cosying up to Beijing is like 'cutting your own throat.'
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Washington has criticised Spain's outreach to China with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying cosying up to Beijing is like 'cutting your own throat.'
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/10/spains-pedro-sanchez-aims-for-closer-trade-ties-with-china-amid-us-tariffs-uncertainty
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00:00Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is in China as he conducts a two-country tour of Asia.
00:06The visit is aimed at boosting Spanish-Chinese trade relations amid growing global instability.
00:12The visit comes against the backdrop of serious geopolitical tensions due to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff war.
00:18On Wednesday, as Sánchez toured Vietnam, Trump announced a 90-day pause of his global reciprocal tariffs,
00:25a move hailed by the Spanish premier.
00:27His U-turn, however, did not include China, which was instead targeted with even steeper tariffs,
00:33prompting a response from Beijing.
00:35Ahead of his visit, the White House warned the Spanish government against cozying up to China.
00:41In an interview to U.S. media, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson said looking to Beijing would be a losing bet for the Europeans,
00:48likening it to cutting their own throat.
00:50Sánchez is the first European leader to make an official visit to Beijing
00:54since the escalation of tariff tensions between the U.S. and the rest of the world.
00:59China is Spain's fourth-largest trading partner and its second-largest supplier of goods.
01:04Beijing is, however, the twelfth-largest export destination of Spanish products,
01:09a figure Sánchez hopes to improve.
01:11During his two-day trip, Sánchez will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping,
01:15as well as premiered Lee Kyung.