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The international wine market was already broken, but a single idea has put it against the ropes: 200% tariffs

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13%. That is the magical figure because, given the uncertainty of what will happen to the tariffs, that is what the “main consumer country in the world“For Spanish wine. In 2024, to get an idea, they were sent 97 million liters valued at almost 400 million of euros. That’s why The announcement of a 200% tariff and the letter of the United States wine alliance (USWTA) recommending “Sorted to US companies that They suspend all the shipments of wine, liquors and beer from the EU “has fallen like a jug of cold water in a sector that was already very scrambled. And that has not even been a big surprise. In December 2024, after Trump’s choice, Exports fired 23%. And, during these months, many Spanish wineries have been protecting preventively anticipating the sending of reserves to American soil. What has surprised has been the entity of the coup: no one expected a 200% tariff and, although was suspended, As I pointed out Jose Luis Lapuente, general director of the Denomination of Origin of Rioja, “much more harmful than tariffs itself is uncertainty, not knowing.” That is precisely what is behind the USWTA letter: despite its efforts so that tariffs do not apply to goods that are already in transit, the US government has refused to give a clear answer what it will happen. If companies do not suspend shipments, they could meet huge losses overnight. “Deep concern” Last Thursday, the Brussels Regions Committee hosted an emergency meeting of the intergroup of wine to ask the commission to “take out the wine from the tariff war.” And, a priori, it seems that the pressures have had an effect because the union left out of his countermeasures to wine, sparkling and the American bourbon. In this context, it is not only to avoid more reprisals from the White House and prevent European wine sales from collapseing in the US, it is about Protect huge investments that the sector (and union) have done in the North American market during the last decade. “The tariffs announced by the US are totally unjustified in the particular case of the wine if we consider that currently the tariff difference between the rates that apply the EU and the US is minimal,” reasoned the general director of the Spanish Federation of Wine, José Luis Benítez. However, we have already seen in recent days that the Trump administration strategy is difficult to understand. In fact, it is a measure that does not convince anyone … “This will be great for wine and champagne businesses in the United States,” Trump wrote when he threatened with the 200%tariff. However, not all American producers They agree. Because, although it is true that the price increases can ‘rekindle’ the interest in the broths of the country, we talk about a fragile sector, overloaded and very touched by the fires and droughts of the main producing area, California. Not only that. As John Williams explained at CNNfounder of Frog’s Leap, a winery in the Californian Valley of Napa, US wineries are just a very small part of the commercial chain. If tariffs harm distributors, the problem will be rapidly generalized. In the end, “we all depend on the same distributors. The health of these companies is important for wineries around the world,” said. … and that can become counterproductive. Because, the American tariff system has peculiarities that can end up running the market completely. The clearest example is that “the US customs and border service. offers reimbursements of certain rights, taxes and fees paid for imported items, provided that the company exports similar articles. ” That is, the big distribution platforms can end up flooding the most expensive European products market as a strategy to compensate for the price of tariffs. Although, in reality, the background problem is another. That world wine is going through a very bad time. In September 2023, Luigi Moio, president of the International Wine Organization, climbed into a gallery in the heart of La Rioja and said “Vineyard’s start was something inevitable.” And it’s not just La Rioja, of course. In France (which can serve us as proxy of what happens in the international sector), already It has been assumed That 100,000 hectares of vineyards will have to be started – in fact, they have launched a plan to start about 30,000. It is the only way that the sector finds for a devilish situation: that the sector does not stop growing, but These floods “They are not enough to cover production costs and farmers’ needs.” And in that context, tariffs arrive. Are we facing a? Image | Chuttersnap | Mika Baumeister Xataka | We already knew that Spanish wine was on its way to collapse. What we didn’t know was that drought was going to accelerate it so much

The Basque ball is living a historical schism. One that threatens to leave Spain outside the International Federation

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The Basque ball is news. Although not in the sports sections of the newspapers, but in those of judicial and political chronicle. The decision of the International Ball Federation (FIPV) to recognize as a full member to Euskadi in the late 2024 and consecrate in passing to his selection, opening the doors of the official tournaments, he has generated A huge hangover that reaches far beyond the pediment and shakes Sport (and politics) national. The stage has been complicated over the last months that the pelotari face an unusual scenario right now: The rupture between the FIPV and its Spanish counterpart (Fepelota) and the possibility that this spring will be held in Gernika participate in the Cup of Nations Basque representatives, but not Spanish. To understand the earthquake that is shaking the Basque ball inside and outside Spain you have to go back a few years ago. Enough. Recently Javier Conde, the new president of Fepelotahe said to brand that we would have to look at 23 years ago and the departure of the Basque Federation (EEPF) of the Spanish (fepelota), which right now brings together A dozen of regional organizations and a delegate. A decision with hangover It is not necessary to go back so back. The spark that has lit the controversy among the pelotaris is much more recent, of the December 28, 2024when the International Federation (FIPV) decided to recognize the EEPF as a member, formalizing the Basque team and allowing its participation in official tournaments. Among other sites, the news It was celebrated In the PNV offices, but all Spanish sport (and politics) did not like. The Spanish Ball Federation did not take long to cross out what happened “Nationalist outrage” and accused the FIPV of breaking its own regulation. In A statement Rotundo denounced that the agreement was “vitiated in full” and was managed with “a irregular and opaque procedure“. Among other issues they denounced that Spain had been excluded in a” irregular “way, through” hurried disciplinary sanctions “that allowed the doors to be opened to the EEPF.” Otherwise they would have found a strong opposition. “ Fepelota did not stay in the words and complaints. In the same statement it advanced since it would resort to “ordinary justice” and the Arbitral Sports Court (TAS), a step that It soon gave. Today at the head of the Spanish Federation there are A new presidentJavier Conde, former head of the Navarrese organism; But the situation has not been weeding. On the contrary. Throughout the last months he has taken more firewood. A few days ago Conde He showed his desire to build bridges, but among its plans it does not happen (at least for the moment) Remove the complaint presented before the arbitral tribunal. “The CSD has asked me to paralyze the challenge in the TAS and accept a measurement, but many half truths are being said.” “Joxemari Mitxelena, New President From the EEPF, he says that the Spanish has denounced the Basque, but it is not true. If the TAS says that the agreements approved by the FIPV on December 28 are adjusted to the law and there will be any problem, ” Count wield. “The resource that we present in Lausana what it questions is the validity of that assembly because we believe there were serious irregularities.” “If the statutory modification that allows Basque to participate in international competitions is within the law They don’t have to be afraid to the resolution of the TAS. Maybe they know that it has not been done correctly “, He slipped The person in charge of Fepelota. In the same interview he claimed to be willing to withdraw the resource, but warned: “Before you have to sit down to talk. What they cannot pretend from the Basque and international is to press us before and mark our strategy.” The scenario is so complex that Count himself (in the presidency for just a few months) acknowledges that he has encountered a hot potato that can have an unexpected outcome: with the Spanish federation outside the FIPV at the gates of the Nations League which will start on May 31 in Gernika-Lmo, an appointment that could be developed with the absence of Spain and the participation of the Euskadi team as a full member. “I have been recorded, threatened, insulted and blackmail as the head of the Spanish Federation, which now has A threat of expulsion of the international ”, He confessed count Earlier this week. Everything indicates that we will not have to wait long to know how the case develops. Yesterday a meeting was scheduled between the International Federation and the Spanish with the mediation of the CDs that It ended up suspending Because there were no expectations of advances. And today the situation could be further complicated with a snack movement of the International. The FIPV plans to gather its board of directors on Thursday and address the conflict. What could be the result? According to brandone of the options is the expulsion of the Spanish Federation. Can the thing be further complicated? Can. The controversy around the Basque ball transcends the strictly sports or institutional scope and the politician plays fully. After all, one of the keys to the case is the Sports Law which entered into force in 2013. In its article 48.2 it is clarified that to participate in international tournaments, regional sports federations must “necessarily” integrate “into their respective state federations, although with a very significant exception. “The Autonomous Sports Federations may participate directly in the international sphere if the corresponding International Federation contemplates its participation, in the case of sports modalities or specialties, with historical and social roots in their respective Autonomous Community,” The norm requires. Of course, it also clarifies that before the regional body must have the CSD OK. That coletilla leaves part of the ball on the roof of the Superior Sports Council and has put its president under the spotlights, José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, who already … Read more

The secrets of the port of Shanghai, the colossus of international trade where automation reigns

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Check out around you. The screen you are looking at, the clothes you wear or even your coffee maker have probably crossed the ocean in a container before reaching you. It is not a simple random assumption. About 80% of the goods travel by boat, which makes maritime transport into the backbone of the World Trade. Without this machinery running precisely, getting many of the things we use every day would be little less than an odyssey. A key piece of this system is the sea ports. We are talking about the nerve centers that not only receive and dispatch millions of containers a year, but also coordinate a millimeter logistics that allows goods to circulate fluently between continents. It is no secret that this world is in constant movement, but there is a title that has not changed hands for a long time: the port of Shanghai has been the most active in the world for 14 years. The port of Shanghai is also a port megaciudad After a long time, In 2024 the port of Shanghai became In the first in the world to handle more than 50 million teu in a single year. And when we talk about TEU, we refer to the standard container unit of 20 feet (6.1 meters) long. This port did not begin its rise to the throne yesterday. One of his first great achievements occurred in 1994, when he first exceeded the million TEU. Since then, its performance has grown exponentially, multiplying by 50 in three decades. There is no doubt that this reality is directly related to China’s industrial muscle, which has established itself as The greatest manufacturing power in the worldand with the spirit of the Asian giant for developing ambitious works. The port of Shanghai has not stopped evolving during the last decades. Automated terminals have gained ground to improve efficiency and security drastically. Less people work and everything becomes much faster. The port has completely automated terminals where tasks such as goods discharge, stacking and output are controlled by the “brain” of the management system. Sun Jinyu, one of the leaders of the Shangdong terminal, had in 2021 that The cranes needed about 108 operators in the past, but automation had allowed the same tasks With only 7 operators. And, because of that was not enough, most of the work was done through remote operation. But an impressive infrastructure would not be enough without strategic ties. The port of Shanghai began to handle containers in the 1970s and it was not until 1978 that he opened his first international route, one that joined China with Australia. At present, it is linked to almost 350 international routes, connecting more than 700 ports in more than 200 countries and regions of the world. Internal level, it also has 22 ports distributed by various Chinese provinces, consolidating its role as a key node in global trade. Images | Shanghai International Port (1, 23) | Reb42 In Xataka | Chinese submarines are authentic crickets: a new generation promises to change the rules of the game

Exorbiting the International Space Station in two years

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The International Space Station is, as the name implies, an international project. One of the most important and monumental international projects in history, the result of the collaboration of multiple countries. Now an entrepreneur wants to accelerate his end. In an ideal world, entrepreneurs could not undo what several countries have built. Much less if the reason is accelerate the conquest of Marsfor which the new rocket of said entrepreneur will be needed. But this is not any businessman. He is the richest in the world and has enough political power and influence to take us seriously. Elon Musk’s last idea. “It’s time to start preparations for exorbiting the international space station,” Elon Musk wrote in his X profile during Thursday afternoon. “It has fulfilled its purpose. Its incremental utility is very small. Let’s go to Mars.” When exactly? “The decision depends on the president, but my recommendation is to be done as soon as possible,” The businessman said. “I recommend doing it in two years.” That is, in 2027, two years before the date agreed by the ISS partners. An accelerated ending. At 25, the International Space Station shows signs of aging. Investments in maintenance have been increasing. Structural fatigue begins to be a concern. The risk of impact with space garbage does not stop growing. The plan agreed by the ISS partners was to keep the operating station until 2030 and then tow it with a special ship to a safe place (presumably the Pacific Ocean) for its atmospheric reentry. NASA asked Spacex to develop this vehicle by 2030. By then, hopefully, there will be Commercial Space Stations In the low terrestrial orbit. But by 2027, the year proposed by Musk, the continuous presence of Americans in space would probably be interrupted. The space would continue inhabited, yes, By Chinese astronauts. Can Trump retire the ISS a long time? That is the big question. The International Space Station involves five space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), the European Space Agency (Europe), Jaxa (Japan) and CSA (Canada). Canada operates the Canadarm robotic arm, Europe the robotic arm was and the Columbus laboratory … but in broad strokes, the ISS consists of two main segments that are from the United States and Russia. In the same way that Russia was threatening to decoup down her and leave before 2030, Donald Trump could propose the same. It is hard to imagine a scenario in which the European, Japanese and Canadian partners of NASA agreed with this abrupt ending. What would happen, for example, with European astronauts who were going to fly to ISS before 2030, Like the Spanish Pablo Álvarez? But it is not impossible to occur. “You are delayed.” Musk’s statements, yes, could have been hot written. He published them just a few hours after exploding against the former commander of the International Space Station Andreas Mogensenwho had called him a liar for statements in Fox News. Musk and Trump have been circulating the narrative that Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were abandoned by former president Biden in space after the Fiasco of the Boeing Starliner ship. Actually, NASA ordered a return plan for both during the Biden administration: to reserve two empty seats on the CREW-9 mission, which will return to Earth at the end of March (an exclusive ship for them would have cost dozens of millions). When Mogensen pointed out this in his X profile, Musk replied: “You are a complete mental retardation. Spacex could have brought them back several months ago. I offered this directly to the Biden administration and refused. His return was delayed for political reasons. Stupid.” Image | Elon Musk, Nasa In Xataka | It is not that Elon Musk has managed to introduce its influence on NASA. Is that he has entered sweeping

The revenge film that revolutionized the international cinema scene returns to theaters for its anniversary

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Of course, Park Chan-wook’s masterpieceOld Boy‘ was not the first Korean film to attract the attention of viewers outside Asia. That same year we had had the fabulous rural thriller ‘Memories of Murder’, by the country’s other star director, Bong Joon Ho. And Park Chan-wook himself had shown the first film of his revenge trilogy, ‘Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance’, at international festivals a year earlier. But ‘Old Boy’ connected in a special way with Western viewers by raising a feeling that has been captured in millions of films of all origins, revengebut with the doses of extravagance and visual daring that we have always expected in Korean cinema since then. ‘Old Boy’ became almost a canonical film of the country, at least for foreign viewers and festivals, since there the commercial cinema that the majority of the population consumes, just like in Europe or the United States, is nothing like it. to this experiment artie but forceful. The convoluted plot of ‘Old Boy’ begins when a Korean businessman is kidnapped and confined for years in a cell where there is only a television. He doesn’t know why he is there and little by little we will witness his slow descent into madness. When he comes out, he will begin a meticulous process of revenge for those who have destroyed his life, violent and with a good amount of extreme revelations. We all remember from ‘Old Boy’ its magnificent scene shot in sequence, of a hallway full of enemies that the protagonist dispatches quickly and with the help of a hammer. It has been imitated in series seemingly as far removed from this film as ‘Daredevil’, demonstrating the extent to which the reach and influence of ‘Old Boy’ make it a unique icon of Korean cinema. Now, on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary, we can once again enjoy this film on the big screen, as it is re-released in theaters. In Xataka | Spectators and critics say it is the best science fiction film of recent times, but it was barely seen in theaters

International soccer matches for this Friday, January 24

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The football day scheduled for this Friday, January 24, is loaded with matches that are part of the European and American calendar, which you will be able to enjoy each of them with this agenda brought to you by El Diario de Nueva York. Spain football The Spanish League will begin its Matchday 21 this Friday with a single match between UD Las Palmas and Osasuna in a commitment where this last club will seek to add a victory to stay in the fight to be able to enter the qualification positions for European tournaments. Osasuna is in tenth place with a total of 26 points, while Las Palmas is in 14th place with 22 accumulated points. This match will take place at the Gran Canaria Stadium at 3:00 p.m. in the Eastern United States and will be broadcast on ESPN, Disney+ Sur, inter, DAZN Deutschland, Nova Sports 1, MTV Urheilu 2 and One Sport Italy soccer Serie A resumes league activity with a match full of history and tradition when facing the Torino vs Cagliari to try to add three valuable points in the middle of the season in order to enter the fight to be among the first places and thus be able to participate in the Champions League or the Europa League next year. Torino is currently in ninth place in Serie A with a total of 27 points as a result of seven wins, six draws and eight losses. For its part, Cagliari is in 14th place with 21 points added. This match will take place at the Turin Olympic Stadium at 7:45 p.m. in the Eastern United States and will be broadcast on ESPN, Disney+ South, inter, DAZN Deutschland, Sport TV2, Cosmote Sport 2 Argentina Soccer The Argentine Super League begins with its first day of this new 2025 season in the midst of a series of matches that promise to excite with some interesting confrontations between historic clubs. In total there will be four matches full of emotion, one of the most interesting between Barracas Central and Racing Club, a team that has just become champion of the Conmebol Sudamericana 2024 and hopes to be able to maintain a good level in the local tournament. Schedules: Barracas Central vs Racing Club: 3:00 p.m. in the Eastern United States (ESPN4 Brazil, TNT Sports Argentina, Zapping, Claro TV, Fanatiz International, Fanatiz USA, Fanatiz Mexico) Independiente vs Sarmiento: 5:15 p.m. in the Eastern United States (ESPN Premium Argentina, Disney+ Argentina, Fanatiz International, Fanatiz USA, Fanatiz Mexico) Belgrano vs Huracán: 7:00 p.m. in the Eastern United States (TNT Sports Argentina, Fanatiz International, Fanatiz USA, Fanatiz Mexico) San Martín San Juan vs Atlético Tucumán: 7:30 p.m. in the Eastern United States (ESPN Premium Argentina, Disney+ Argentina, Fanatiz International, Fanatiz USA, Fanatiz Mexico) Keep reading: –Uruguayan Ronald Araújo signs renewal until 2031 with FC Barcelona–Luka Romero is willing to play with the Mexican team–Fernando Guerrero tells new details about his retirement

Trump, implacable in Davos: demands less fiscal burden on the EU, a drop in oil to Arabia and more than doubling military spending in countries like Spain

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Historic speech by the new president of the United States, Donald Trump, in his telematic speech before the auditorium of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Trump has surpassed…

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