A brief standoff with Colombia holds important lessons for how future trade conflicts might unfold in the new Trump administration.

Donald Trump claimed an early victory for a coercive foreign policy based on tariffs and hard power on Sunday after announcing Colombia had backed down in a dispute over migrant repatriation flights.

The two nations spent much of the day in a tense standoff after President Donald Trump said the South American nation had turned away two deportation flights.

China hopes and believes that the US and Colombia can handle their affairs properly, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a routine press conference on Monday. Mao was asked to comment on the news that US President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to impose steep tariffs and visa restrictions on Colombia after the South American country rejected two US military flights carrying migrants deported from the US.

BEIJING – China pledged to accept the return of undocumented Chinese citizens in the US, after US President Donald Trump threatened to hit Colombia with tariffs of up to 50 per cent for refusing to take back deported migrants.

But there are risks too - coffee prices could rise and nations may be less willing to stop the flow of migrants north.

Shaking up global geopolitics, Donald Trump has set his sights on Colombia, targeting the administration of President Gustavo Petro in a fiery critique that's lighting up headlines. The viral 'FAFO' attack,

Donald Trump’s burgeoning trade war with Colombia might not change the price of coffee at Aussie cafes, but there could be long-term impacts for our economy if China can take advantage, an expert says.

Hours after the president of Colombia refused to allow two U.S. military flights carrying deported Colombian migrants to land in his country, President Donald Trump announced Sunday immediate reprisals against the South American nation: A 25% tariff on all Colombian products — to rise to 50% in a week — and the shutting down of the visa section in the U.

European and Asian shares slumped on Monday as investors weighed the implications of Chinese startup DeepSeek's launch of a free open-source artificial intelligence model to rival OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Colombia has backed down from a potential trade war with the United States, hours after US President Donald Trump threatened Bogota with tariffs and visa restrictions for turning away US military planes transporting deported migrants.