The disagreements between the US and China go deeper than just the imposition of tariffs by President Trump on the country that economically could finally overshadow the American giant.

The global economy would be threatened by the emergence of neo-protectionist measures in the First World countries.

After an agreement signed in 2001 with Hugo Chávez, Cuba began exporting professional services (mainly health personnel) to Venezuela, which bought 75% of these services.

Spain and Portugal are two of the countries that hardest hit by the economic crisis in Europe.

To understand the prospects for financial markets in 2019, we need to remember the uncertainty and volatility of 2018.

The sluggishness in Europe is more evident, given our high degree of external openness.

The last few months have been marked by a slowing of the European and Spanish global macro-economy.

It has been asserted that Europe, and particularly the Eurozone, is not grown to cope with a new economic crisis.

The tough here and now, with our confused and fractured societies, also expresses itself through a clearly visible line that connects and links the features of a new type of power that extends into quite different spaces.

The growth of Spanish GDP in 2018 slowed to a rate of 2.5%, but the quarter-on-quarter rate remained stable in the third quarter at 0.6% .

The outlook for the world economy is worsening and there is an idea, getting more and more widespread, that in 2019 it will slow down

It has recently suffered an increase in risks in the growth scenario both globally and in Spain, generating doubts about the evolution of economic activity in the future.

The world economy should continue to grow in 2019, although less than in previous years. However, geopolitical risks accumulate and could lead to surprises.