Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Columbia for blocking deported immigrant flight
US President Donald Trump has said he will impose 25% tariffs and sanctions on Colombia after its president b@rred two US military planes carrying deported migrants from landing in the country.
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Trump said the tariffs “on all goods” coming into the US from Colombia would be put in place “immediately”, and in one week the 25% tariffs would be raised to 50%.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro responded by saying he would impose retaliatory tariffs of 25% on the US.
Petro said earlier on Sunday that he had denied entry to US military deportation flights. He said he would “receive our fellow citizens on civilian planes, without treating them like cr!minals” and migrants must be returned “with dignity and respect”.
In response, Trump announced urgent and decisive retaliatory measures in a post on Truth Social. He said the US would impose a travel b@n and immediate visa revocations on Colombian government officials, as well as its allies and supporters.
Also, enhanced Customs and Border Protection inspections of all Colombian nationals and cargo on national security grounds.
Petro responded on X by announcing his own tariffs and celebrating Colombia’s heritage and resilience.
“Your blockade does not scare me, because Colombia, besides being the country of beauty, is the heart of the world,”.
He also offered his presidential plane to facilitate the “decent return” of deportees from the US who had been set to arrive in the country.
The US imports about 20% of its coffee worth nearly $2bn (£1.6bn) from Colombia, as well as other goods like bananas, crude oil, avocados and flowers.
Tariffs will make importing these goods more expensive which, if passed onto the consumer, could mean higher coffee prices rising.
Importers could shift to other sources to avoid this, which would in turn hit Colombian producers by reducing a key market.
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