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Trump’s Colombia face-off is warning for all leaders

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Less than a week after his presidency, Donald Trump briefly engaged in the first international dispute over customs tariffs. The goal was China, Mexico, or Canada – topics that excite his anger repeatedly – but was Colombia, one of America’s closest allies in South America.

The crime committed by Colombia was its refusal to allow two American flights carrying migrants deported because they were military and not civilian transport planes. This was sufficient to push Trump to threaten the hammer.

“We will not allow the Colombian government to violate its legal obligations regarding the acceptance and return of criminals who forced them to enter the United States,” Trump said on his social media page.

In addition to the 25% customs duties he said would impose, Trump said that the United States would impose a travel ban and “immediately cancellation of visas” on Colombian government officials, as well as its allies and supporters.

But the White House later said that Colombia has now agreed to accept migrants arriving on US military aircraft “without restrictions or delay.” As a result, the United States will not go ahead with the imposition of customs tariffs.

In the first week of his office, the American president seemed to give priority to executive procedures for immigration at the expense of commercial measures – even if the latter was a major promise in his election campaign. As if he wanted to clarify this point, Trump is now ready to punish countries that he sees not adequately supporting the new strict American immigration policies.

It is a warning to the United States and its opponents alike: If you don’t cooperate with the United States, the consequences will be dire.

Colombia has retracted the tariff war, but this tactic is a test of the new Trump administration.

And if future sanctions lead to high prices for American consumers, do American public opinion object? Will they be ready to bear some of the financial pain they incur to enhance Trump’s priorities for immigration?

The United States imports about 27% of its coffee needs from Colombia, according to the US Department of Agriculture, as well as other goods such as bananas, raw oil, avocado and flowers. The value of coffee imports alone is nearly two billion dollars (1.6 billion pounds).

The Colombian President Gustavo Petro initially replied by saying that his country would accept the citizens returning to their homeland on “civil planes, without being treated as criminals.”

It is not a secret that Petro does not like Donald Trump – he strongly criticized his immigration and environment policies in the past.

In a lengthy response to the X program, he said that Trump “will eliminate the human race because of greed” and accused the American president of considering the Colombians a “lower race.”

Petro went on to describe himself as “stubborn”, and said that while Trump may try to “implement a coup” using “economic power and arrogance”, he will shorten resist.

More importantly, Petro said: “From today, Colombia is open to the whole world, with open arms.”

This is something that should worry the President of the United States, who wants to address the issue of immigration. His next administration officials have made it clear that this task will require looking beyond Mexico.

Christopher Landau, chosen by Trump for the position of Deputy Foreign Minister, has always argued that “working with other countries to stop these immigration flows” must be “a global necessity for American foreign policy.” On Sunday’s dispute may make work together much less likely.

Tens of thousands of immigrants are heading every year from all over the world, from India to China, north towards the United States after landing in South America and traveling via Colombia across the Darren Gab region – the main suffocation point north of the border between Panama and Colombia. It is a dangerous journey that is usually facilitated by criminal gangs.

In response to Trump’s actions, President Petro indicated that if the talks on the Immigration Administration are suspended via Darren, “illegal activities will increase.” These comments can be seen as a hidden threat of more illegal immigrants on the road.

Petro was quick to say that his country would not reject the Colombian citizens who are deported from the United States, but they should only receive “generous treatment.”

Even after Colombia moved to defuse the dispute, she said that she would continue the dialogue “to ensure the dignity of our citizens.”

But this type of customs duties is a test of will, and it can still be applied to other countries that do not agree to the demands of the United States. From the appearance of the matter, this is just the opening step of Trump.

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2025-01-27 06:47:00

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