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...hour for consumers on variable tariffs had risen over a third since last Sunday. More radical Unidas Podemos wants to intervene on prices but its PSOE partner is staying cautious, partly blaming EU rules.
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Donald Trump's new tariffs on European Union food exports, to counter EU subsidies for its aviation industry, comes just as Andalucía has increased its sales to the United States. In the first half of this year, exports to the US reached a record ... 1.14 billion euros. The Junta de Andalucía said this week that the new tariffs could cost the region 315 million euros, although it admitted that it was hard to be precise. From 18 October, US Customs will apply extra import tax of up to 25 per cent ... chief, to discuss the tariffs. Moreno was pessimistic after the meeting, saying the strategy had to be to react but to avoid entering into a trade war. "We have to work on avoiding new tariffs," explained Moreno. Speaking in Seville this week, regional
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Organization (WTO) rules. Particularly affected by the sudden imposition of tariffs and quotas on goods will be Spanish exports of foodstuffs, tobacco and industrial intermediate goods. What's more, in 2019, one in five tourists coming to Spain were from
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...families and businesses in every part of the UK. "We have signed the first free trade agreement based on zero tariffs and zero quotas that has ever been achieved with the EU. "The deal is the biggest bilateral trade deal signed by either side, covering
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Earlier this week we had the laughable spectacle of American wine traders thanking the Administration for not increasing import tariffs to 100%. This gesture was inspired by the announcement that the duty on EU still wines and those under 14% proof ... (excluding cava and sherry) and Scotch whisky would stay at ‘only’ 25%. As Trump said when he embarked on his vendetta against all things non-American, “Trade wars are good; they are easy to win,” he tweeted. The increase on import tariffs for wine will
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...wines are unfairly treated by the EU's import tariffs, actually no-one wants them. WINE OF THE WEEK Malleolus Tinto 2016 Although this particular selection is expensive (around 28 euros), it is as good an example of a top-rate Ribera del Duero as
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tariffs. Councillor for mobility and transport, Sergio Díaz, said the new tariffs are “more favourable” than before.
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...cent in government spending, they claim, adding that this amount is unachievable. To pay for the new infrastructure needs they are proposing that tariffs are introduced on all roads designated autovías (non-toll motorways). They say that this would
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...winemaking and wine consumption globally. This comes on top of what was considered another fraught situation provoked by Trump-imposed tariffs: a 25% import duty on EU wines entering the US. What does the future hold for wine producers? They have to
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Andalucía, with 2.4% in the service sector, industry (3.4%) and construction (8.7%). The numbers out of work will fall some 9.2%, compared to 2018. Presenting their report, the authors said that neither Brexit nor increased tariffs are expected to slow down