Trump’s treasury chief jabs Spain on defense spending

Trump admin slams Spain over defense spending

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticised Spain for failing to meet its NATO defense spending commitments. In a meeting with Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo, Bessent also criticised the European country for implementing a digital services tax that Washington views as discriminatory toward American tech companies. Bessent highlighted the need for “greater defense spending by… Source

Trump’s treasury chief jabs Spain on defense spending

Madrid is one of NATO’s worst offenders when it comes to underspending on defense.

The U.S. Office of Public Affairs has reported in a statement that in the meeting held this Tuesday with the Spanish Minister of Economy, Carlos Córdoba, the US Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, Bessent, "highlighted the need for greater defense spending by Spain in the context of NATO."The Treasury Secretary also showed his disagreement with the Google tax, "the tax on digital services applied by Spain and other countries, as well as other non…

The meeting between the Minister of Economy, Carlos Córdoba and the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States (USA), Scott Bessen, has been anything but positive, unlike what the Government of Pedro Sánchez and his media terminals assures. As if the difference between the communiqués after the meeting were not enough, the truth is that the meeting continues to leave us in a committed position, especially after the visit of the President of …

The U.S. Treasury Department has merely qualified the meeting with the Corps as a "Frank conversation."

Washington Asks Spain to spend more on Military and Eliminate 'Google Tax'

The Corner The Spanish and US governments held their first high-level meeting yesterday, Tuesday, after Donald Trump returned to the White House on January 20th. Carlos Cuerpo, the Spanish Minister of Economy, visited Scott Bessent, the US Secretary of the Treasury, in Washington just days after Pedro Sánchez met with Xi Jinping in Beijing. According to the rhetoric of the new US administration, Spain is a problem because it is the NATO...