China expands access for Spanish pork amid tariff tiff

China has signed two agricultural trade protocols with Spain covering pork and cherries as the world’s second largest economy acts to bolster ties with the European Union amid an escalating trade war between Beijing and the US. The deal, announced Friday by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Beijing, came after US President Donald Trump hiked tariffs on Chinese imports to 145%, prompting China to raise its own duties on US goods to 125%. “In a context of enormous international commercial turbulence, derived from the tariff crisis, we welcome with optimism and hope this new gesture from the Asian giant, which is opening up new options for the supply of pork products,” said the National Association of Spanish Meat Industries (ANICE). The new deal includes pork stomach exports – a product widely consumed in China but not previously authorised, according to Daniel de Miguel, international manager of Interporc, Spain’s pork producers association. Analysts regard the deal as a ...