Trump threatens Spain with double tariffs

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Business Matters

2025-06-26

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President Trump issues a tariff threat after Spain rejects Nato's defence spending target. Lebanon has secured $250 million in World Bank funding for post-war recovery, to help repair and rebuild critical public infrastructure and essential services. Is the oil giant Shell taking over its rival BP? Plus, Mexico is planning to sue Space X over rocket debris on the beach. Presenter Andrew Peach is joined by Fermín Koop, the Latin America editor for Diálogo Chino and Jyoti Malhotra is editor-in-chief of The Tribune in India.
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  • And this is Andrew Peach with Business Matters from the BBC.

  • Good to have your company coming up.

  • President Trump says the commitment from NATO allies to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP is a big win for the US.

  • The World Bank approves a quarter of a billion dollars for Lebanon to repair areas destroyed by Israeli forces.

  • And there are reports that the oil giant Shell could acquire its rival BP.

  • I've been talking to a former BP executive.

  • BP is undervalued.

  • against the value of its assets.

  • So the breakup value, as it were,

  • would be at least 20% higher than the 364 pence a share that the London stock market put on it today.

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  • Throughout the show, two guests on opposite sides of the world.

  • Fermin Koop is the Latin America editor for the Dialogo Chino, joins us from Argentina.

  • Hi, Fermin.

  • Hi, thanks for having me.

  • Good to have you with us.

  • Jyoti Malhotra is editor-in-chief of The Tribune.