President Donald Trump announced retaliatory measures against Colombia after the country refused to accept deportation flights of Colombian migrants.
President Donald Trump is issuing tariffs on Colombia after two repatriation flights of undocumented migrants were not allowed to land in Colombia, according to a post on Truth Social from the president.
But there are risks too - coffee prices could rise and nations may be less willing to stop the flow of migrants north.
The White House said on Sunday that it would hold off on the tariffs, saying Colombia had "agreed to all of President Trump's terms."
U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was ordering tariffs, visa restrictions and other retaliatory measures to be taken against Colombia after its government rejected two flights carrying migrants.
Trump announced he would place an emergency 25% tariff on Colombia after the South American nation blocked US military deportation flights.
Trump said the Colombia's refusal jeopardized U.S. national security. He imposed tariffs on incoming goods, sanctions on government officials, enhanced border inspections of Colombian nationals, and banking and financial sanctions.
President Donald Trump said he is slapping an emergency 25 percent tariff on all goods imported from Colombia on Sunday after the country’s president turned away two U.S. military aircraft full of detained Colombian migrants.
Donald Trump announced "emergency tariffs" of 25 percent on all imported Colombian goods, along with other "retaliatory measures."
Colombian assets are set for a rout after US President Donald Trump said he’d implement a spate of tariffs and sanctions on the South American nation.
President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs and a travel ban on Colombia after that country's president refused to allow 160 deportees to land in that country Sunday as part of U.S. high profile deportation efforts.