New Delhi, July 8 -- Responding to US President Donald Trump's threat to cut off trade, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Office said it was treating the remarks as "business as usual," noting that bilateral ties remain beneficial in both trade and defence. The office also said that Spain enjoys excellent social, cultural, and economic relations with the United States and has no intention of changing that.

Speaking at a summit of NATO leaders in Ankara, Trump also said he had ordered his Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to cut off trade ties with Spain, calling Madrid a "terrible partner" in NATO.

Washington and Madrid have been at loggerheads, with Spain explicitly rejecting Trump's demands for European countries to sharply increa...