Trump orders cutoff of US trade with Spain during NATO summit

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday an immediate halt to all trade, including visits with Spain, criticizing Spain's lack of participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance during a NATO summit held in the Turkish capital of Ankara.

Speaking to journalists alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ahead of the formal main summit session, Trump said Spain is a wasted cause, and that he doesn't "want to do any trade business with Spain anymore."

The U.S. president then publicly directed his administration to sever trade ties. Turning to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Trump said that Spain is a terrible partner in NATO.

They don't participate, they don't pay, he said.

Noting that he doesn't want anything to do with Spain, he said that cut off all trade with Spain, including visits.

Spain recently declined to meet NATO's new 5 percent gross domestic product (GDP) defense spending target and has refused to allow the United States to utilize its airspace or territory for operations during the war with Iran.

The NATO leaders' summit opened in Ankara on Tuesday with a Defense Industry Forum, unveiling major defense industry initiatives aimed at accelerating weapons production and procurement.

Trump orders cutoff of US trade with Spain during NATO summit

The Party Building Books Publishing House has released a book featuring major remarks by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on approaches to grassroots work.

A statement issued upon the book's release said on Wednesday that whether working at local levels or after assuming duties in the central leadership, Xi has always attached great importance to grassroots work and frequently visited communities and villages, gaining a deep understanding of the work.

Xi has consistently regarded strengthening the grassroots and consolidating the foundation as a long-term strategy and a fundamental measure, and to this end, he has explored and developed a series of methodologies that are both theoretically significant and practically valuable to grassroots work, the statement added.

The book's publication will help Party organizations at all levels, as well as Party members and officials, systematically study Xi's important expositions on approaches to grassroots work, and better serve local communities, it said.

Book about Xi's expositions on grassroots work published