Trump refers to the diplomatic crisis overcome with Colombia and said what the key was

After the diplomatic crisis that broke out a little more than a week between the United States and Colombia, and that was quickly resolved, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, He said what caused the situation to be unlocking.

From the Oval office, Trump said: “Look at Colombia, look what happened, everyone said that with Colombia it was going to be a disaster. In an hour it was fixed, do you know why? Tariffs, without tariffs they would not have treated me the same. “

Trump thus referred to the diplomatic crisis between the two countries, which began on January 26, when President Gustavo Petro disavowed the entrance to the country of two flights with Colombian migrants deported from the United States.

“UU. They cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals. Disavowes the entry of American airplanes with Colombian migrants to our territory. USA must establish a decent treatment protocol for migrants before we receive them”Petro wrote on his X network.

Before Petro’s position with flights, his United States counterpart ordered the revocation of visas for Colombian government officials and all the allies and supporters of the same, as well as Freeze the visa process for other Colombian citizens. In addition, he threatened to impose tariffs from 25% to 50% to Colombia’s products that enter that country.

Petro immediately responded to Trump and ordered the Minister of Foreign Trade, Luis Carlos Reyes, to impose 25% tariffs to all products from the United States.

With the diplomatic crisis unleashed for more than 10 hours, Officials of both governments intermediate and helped to calm the situation. This is how at the night of that Sunday the White House, through a statement, announced that Colombia agreed to accept the return of the deportees without restrictions.

The Trump government lifted Colombia’s economic sanctions and conditioned the reactivation of the visa process at the time of landing.

Trump imposed tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico

Solved the diplomatic crisis with Colombia, the president Trump announced the imposition of tariffs for countries such as China, Canada and Mexico.

On Saturday, February 1, 2025, Trump signed the executive orders through which the promised ones came into force 25 % tariffs for the goods of Mexico and Canada (with the exception of Canadian oil, which will have only 10 %) and 10 % for those of China.

Trump signed from his particular residence of Mar-A-Lago in Florida three separated executive orders on Saturday afternoon, thus realizing a promise announced repeatedly.

In the midst of commercial tension, the United States government arrived on Monday, February 3, agreements with Canada and Mexico to suspend or pause tariffs for a month.

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