Hours after threatening punitive tariffs, the White House said Colombia agreed to accept deported migrants and lifted the threat of new levies.
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."
After a day of drama, President Donald Trump paused steep retaliatory tariffs that he had threatened against Colombia after the South American nation agreed to accept military deportation flights from the U.
President Donald Trump announced retaliatory measures against Colombia after the country refused to accept deportation flights of Colombian migrants.
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.
There’s a new addition to the Trump administration typo hall of fame. As the president sounded off on Truth Social Sunday and listed a series of retaliatory measures against the country of Colombia for rebuking his deportation efforts,
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.
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.
The United States and Colombia, long close partners in anti-narcotics efforts, clashed Sunday over the deportation of migrants and imposed tariffs on each other’s goods in a show of what countries could face if they intervene in the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
Trump retaliates with steep tariffs and immediately revokes visas of Colombian officials after the nation’s president says his country will not accept U.S. deportation flights.