'Do you speak Catalan?'

From the outside, tariffs seem like a good idea to those on the inside, but in economics, as in war, as in the game of Risk, there are always variables (fear, malice aforethought, luck, misfortune, chance...) that couldn't be foreseen. Taxing products from far away so that citizens can consume their own seems like a good idea. Especially when it comes to food. You think—looking at your home—that if hazelnuts from Turkey were more expensive, people would buy their own; they haven't always been "their own," of course. However, there are thousands of variables. Riojan winegrowers (where great wines are made, beloved by the locals) recently held a meeting with local people who promote this culture, to try to maintain hegemony against other DOs, such as Ribera del Duero or Toro, in places like Catalonia. When, with great cordiality, they asked me what wines I enjoyed, and I, with the same cordiality, told them about ours, they were genuinely surprised. What I mean by this is that what is "our own," when speaking of food, may be very difficult to define, and we must always go as far as possible. The only way is to not let traditions (which are always linked to gastronomy) be lost. We love what we know. The opportunity is ours. Now it is necessary that our products, like wine, which are going to America, be enjoyed by us.

There is a tariff counterpart, however, that we don't take into account. I walk around Barcelona and only see signs in English.Best pizza in town", puts in this bar, an absurd and ridiculous copy (apart from being false), as if we were in New York."Best cocktails in town", says the one beyond."Poke 4 UI read in this other one. The tariffs I would impose are to demonstrate that on these stones, some from the 12th century, a language is also spoken and a cuisine is made that already existed in the 12th century. And if a foreigner doesn't care, we don't care.