Donald Trump imposes sweeping 25% tariffs on Colombia after it refuses deportation flights Donald Trump hit Colombia with 25 per cent tariffs on Sunday after the country refused US flights deporting migrants.
Among the measures are emergency 25 per cent tariffs on goods, which he threatened to raise to 50 per cent within a week, “immediate visa revocations” on Colombian government officials and “all allies”, and enhanced customs inspections for Colombian nationals.
The US president angrily retaliated after the country’s leader, Gustavo Petro, refused US aircraft deporting migrants permission to land in protest over how the migrants on board were being treated.
Earlier on Sunday, Mr Petro said that his government would not accept flights carrying migrants deported from the US until the Trump administration creates a protocol that treats them with "dignity".
Announcing an extraordinary raft of punitive measures against the Latin American country, Trump claimed the move had “jeopardised” the security of the United States.
