As a tsunami arrived the president of the United States, Donald Trump to the White House, with a compendium of measures that has generated an expectant chain in much of the world for the effects it would cause in the short and long term.
The immigration and tariff policy has been the most threatening duo of the president, for a series of provisions that threaten the economies of Mexico, Canada and China, and the nations that are linked to them.
In Chile, Trump’s reception has been different from that coined by other countries in the region as the Dominican Republic and others who are partners of the power.
This explained it to the newspaper todayDiego Eduardo Ibáñez, deputy the Valparaíso Region of Chile, who says that although the South American country will be impacted to apply tariffs, society in general gives “little importance” to the Republican President.
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Trump and Chile
The congressman said that Chilean society in general what he sees “is like a madman speaking things, even conservative media do not speak well of Trump.”
«The truth is that about Trump I would say that people in general is crazy, it is so far, but investors with some exports of the matter that comes from the Earth, probably about the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) which turned a year, ”said the Chilean legislator.
Diego Ibáñez Chilean deputy talks about Trump and other songs/ Photo Félix Rojas
He added that bilateral relations between Chile and the United States “are stable”, except for a type of visa to Chilean nationals who are in the resolution.
Visit from Ibáñez to the Dominican Republic
The deputy of the Frente Amplio, offered the statements in the facilities of the newspaper Hoy, within the framework of his visit to the Dominican Republic, to exhaust a parliamentary agenda and know the measures applied by the country in important sectors such as tourism.
Diego Ibáñez, to the center, Chilean deputy for the visit of courtesy to the newspaper Hoy. From left to right Ruddy de los Santos, Millizen Uribe, Marien Aristy, Lency Arias and Frank / Photo Félix Rojas.
“A parliamentary agenda where we are interested in knowing government experiences, I think that Dominican Republic is part of our sister America, and strengthen political ties,” said the Chilean left leader.
He informed that he met with the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, where the president greeted the importance of Gabriel Boric’s presidential figure for the region.
Trump Tariff Measures
President Trump prepares to impose generalized tariffs on steel and foreign aluminum, taking up a policy of his first mandate that pleased national metal manufacturers but harmed other US industries and unleashed commercial wars with allies on multiple fronts.
25 percent tariffs that President Donald Trump said he would impose foreign steel and aluminum will be well received by national steel manufacturers, who argue that they are fighting to compete against cheap foreign metals.
LGUAL they did during Trump’s first mandate, American metal manufacturers have been pressing the administration to obtain protection, and Trump officials agree that a strong metallurgical sector in the country is essential for the national security of states Joined.
About Diego Ibáñez
Diego Ibáñez is a Chilean politician of the Frente Amplio party. He is 36 years old and this is his second period as a deputy. The first time he was elected was in 2018 and the second time was in 2022. In both periods he has been developing an important parliamentary agenda.
He currently integrates the permanent work and social security commissions; and fishing, aquaculture and maritime interests.
He also participated in the Special Investigative Commissions on: alleged irregular use of waters in Cuenca Río Huasco, especially river Matancilla; Eventual irregularities in internal tax service and commission for the financial market; Fire Region of Valparaíso 2024; Operation of the association of municipalities with popular pharmacies; and acts of authorities and police after criminal complaint against former Subsecretary Monsalve.
Since July 2024, it is part of the Broad and Independent Front Committee.
Political and public career
The Library of the National Congress of Chile includes in the biographical review of Diego Ibáñez, which its political career began with the 2006 penguin revolution, being co-vo-life of the Secondary Student Coordinator of Quilpué.
