China's envoy to Colombia seemed to take advantage of the weekend's public dispute between Colombian President Gustavo Petro and US President Donald Trump over immigration and deportation policies to promote Beijing's good ties with Bogota.
In his first week back in the Oval Office, Trump has quickly torn up his predecessor’s alliance-driven foreign policy in favor of an even more rambunctious 2.0 version of “America First.” His provocations have raised tensions with key allies on multiple continents — and set up showdowns with other leaders that,
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LATAM BLOG: US-Colombia migrant standoff tests Washington's regional swayBy Cynthia Michelle Aranguren Hernández Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has mounted an unprecedented challenge to US President Donald Trump’s hawkish immigration policy, setting off a now-resolved diplomatic crisis whose fallout threatens to upend the longstanding alliance between the two nations.
Visa appointments at the U.S. Embassy in Colombia have been canceled following a dispute between President Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro over deportation flights that nearly
Analysts say that to diversify exports, the Petro government must modernize outdated customs processes and combat the lack of interest among business owners
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Colombia avoids trade war with US as business community, citizens call for cooler heads
Deportation flights from the US to Colombia resume following showdown that almost led to a trade war
Deportation flights between the U.S. and Colombia resumed on Tuesday, following a dispute between the two countries that nearly led to a trade war.
Colombia, U.S. avoid trade war amid calls for cooler heads
Shortly after last November’s election, Trump threatened China, Mexico, and Canada with 10% and 25% tariffs, respectively.
The nations spent much of the day in a tense standoff, with the U.S. president threatening tariffs and visa restrictions after Colombia turned away two deportation flights.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced that Colombia was suspending permission for previously authorized U.S. deportation flights to land in Colombia. Ostensibly driving Petro’s action were concerns that Colombian nationals were not being treated with respect during the deportation process because they were being transported by military aircraft.
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.
President Donald Trump’s threat to tax imports from Colombia comes not long before Valentine's Day, and Colombia is America’s No. 1 foreign source of cut flowers.
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