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Trump and Sánchez

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    • Author's title, BBC News World

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, threatened commercial reprisals to Spain for refusing to increase their defense expenditure up to 5% of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP), joining the commitment agreed by NATO countries.

The 32 members of the Atlantic Alliance agreed to reach that level by 2035 (3.5% for basic defense plus 1.5% in additional military spending) during the summit held on Tuesday and Wednesday in The Hague, Netherlands.

The president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, signed the statement but assured that his country will only reach 2.1% of GDP in defensive spending to allegedly obtained an guarantee of the Atlantic Alliance.

This caused Trump's anger, which at his press conference on Wednesday responded to Sánchez.

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