Inside Trade

February 14, 2025

Trump threatens Colombia with tariffs over immigration dispute 

By Brett Fortnam  / January 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Editor's note: The White House late on Sunday said Colombia had agreed to Trump's terms , and that tariffs would be put on hold. The U.S. will impose 25 percent “emergency” tariffs on imports from Colombia after the country refused to allow two repatriation flights to land, President Trump announced on Sunday, adding that he would increase the duties to 50 percent in a week. “I was just informed that two repatriation flights from the United States, with a large number of...

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