Spain’s prime minister visits China to strengthen ties with Trump's top tariff target

China seeks united trade front with EU, opposing US 'bullying' tariffs

Is Spain positioning itself as a possible mediator between China and the EU? Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Beijing visit was about more than pork exports.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is in China to discuss increased trade and new partnerships. This is causing outrage in the White House. “They are cutting their own throats,” said US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

China cites U.S. tariffs in calls for greater cooperation with Europe

Beijing sees the Trump administration’s new tariff regime as an opportunity -- not for U.S.-China relations, but for the rest of the world to work with China to uphold a new international order. To wit: Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Friday discussed the new U.S. tariffs, with Li urging Sánchez to help cultivate greater cooperation between China and the European Union in response to U.S. moves. “Li Qiang str…

Pedro Sánchez is the first European head of government to travel to Trump's tariff announcement in Beijing.

China’s Xi tells Spanish PM that partnership needed, no mention of talks with U.S.

China calls on Western countries to work to support multilateralism and open cooperation, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez.

China, EU must oppose tariff 'bullying', Xi tells Spanish PM

President Xi Jinping told Spain's prime minister on Friday that China and the European Union must join together in defending globalisation and opposing "unilateral acts of bullying", in a clear swipe at U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies.