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Published on: 27/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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US President Donald Trump and Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro traded barbs online until late on Sunday. Colombia eventually agreed to accept deportees and the US claiming victory. Trump accused Trump of not treating deported migrants with dignity or respect. Trump upped threats, ordering 25 percent tariffs on all Colombian goods coming into the US. These tariffs would then be raised to 50 percent in the following week. In retaliation to Trump’s threats, Petro threatened to also impose 25% tariffs. The White House echoed this in a statement, saying Colombia had agreed to all of Trump’s terms. Between January and November 2024, the US imported goods worth $16bn from Colombia. The US receives its largest supply of cut flowers from Colombia, importing nearly two-thirds. The US is the largest trading partner with Colombia in terms of both imports and exports. A quarter of Colombia’s exports go to the US, and the imports from the US comprise 26.4 percent of Colombia’s total imports. The US sent about $2.5bn worth of petroleum products to Colombia in 2023, making petroleum products the US’s most valuable export to Colombia. A deportation flight is a flight sending unauthorised immigrants to their country of origin. This is the first time US military aircraft are being used to deport immigrants. Between 2021 and 2024, the US expelled 28,635 Colombian citizens, according to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement website.

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