If Trump had carried out the threat of tariffs, the prices of many goods imported from Colombia could have increased, including coffee, flowers and crude oil.
The Trump administration had added extra inspections for passengers from Colombia as part of a pressure campaign. The effects lingered into Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House: Colombia agrees to accept deported migrants; US drops tariff threat but maintains other penalties for now.
Washington and Bogotá have for years had a bilateral agreement allowing for regular deportation flights that have, until now, gone to Colombia at the rate of at least twice a week without problems.
Colombia has not recognized Maduro’s victory, but it also has not cut diplomatic relations with the country. Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli, the Andes director at the Washington Office on Latin America ...
Colombia is respected.” In a later Sunday post, he also announced that he instructed his foreign trade minister to raise tariffs on U.S. imports to 25% after Mr. Trump said he would do the same ...