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President Trump will hold off on imposing steep tariffs on Colombia after the country’s government agreed to accept deported migrants being returned on military planes, the White House said Sunday night.
Mr Trump earlier on Sunday vowed swift and punishing retaliation after the Colombian government over the weekend blocked the arrival of deportation flights from the US, objecting to the Trump administration’s efforts to use military planes to deport migrants.
Mr Trump posted on social media on Sunday that his administration would put in place several actions against Colombia, including a 25 percent tariff — that he said would be raised to 50 percent after one week — on all goods coming into the US from Colombia.
He also announced a travel ban and “immediate visa revocation” for Colombian government officials and “their allies,” visa sanctions on Colombian authorities and their relatives and enhanced customs inspections on travellers and cargo from Colombia.
“These measures are just the beginning,” Mr Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
“We will not allow the Colombian Government to violate its legal obligations with regard to the acceptance and return of the criminals they forced into the United States!”
But late Sunday night, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement, “The Government of Colombia has agreed to all of President Trump’s terms, including the unrestricted acceptance of all illegal aliens from Colombia returned from the US, including on US military aircraft, without limitation or delay. — CBS.
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