US President Donald Trump has said he will impose sweeping retaliatory measures on Colombia, including tariffs and sanctions, after it turned away two US military aircraft with migrants being deported.
President Trump's punitive action appeared aimed at making an example of Colombia, the second case of a Latin American nation refusing US military deportation flights.
It was a demonstration of a more muscular US foreign policy and showed a renewed willingness by President Trump to use the might of the US to force other countries to bend to his will.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro said that he would impose retaliatory tariffs on US goods.
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"US goods whose prices will increase must be replaced with domestically produced goods, and the government will assist in this," Petro added.
He also pointed out that the Foreign Trade Ministry should help direct Colombian exports to other countries around the world. "Our exports must expand. I invite all Colombian communities abroad to participate in the promotion of our products," Petro emphasized.