US President Donald Trump renews threats to “cut” or potentially “cut off” trade with Spain, raising questions about whether Washington can act beyond tariff measures. Multiple reports note that Spanish exports to the United States account for less than 5% of Spain’s overall trade balance, but the concern is how such a move would work in practice. One account says Trump orders an immediate halt to trade with Spain, while another frames the threat as broader than tariffs and asks what legal and institutional limits apply. The reporting highlights that trade policy is an exclusive competence of the European Union, not individual member states like Spain. That means any sweeping trade measures would likely need to be handled through EU-level arrangements rather than unilateral Spanish-targeting actions. Taken together, the articles focus on the tension between Trump’s stated ability to act quickly and the constraints imposed by EU authority over trade policy, leaving uncertainty over whether the US could restrict trade specifically with Spain or would have to approach the EU as a whole.