President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25% tax on imports from Colombia comes at a most inauspicious time: The wrangling over the South American country’s willingness to accept flights carrying deported immigrants is flaring up just three weeks before Valentine’s Day, and Colombia is America’s No. 1 foreign source of cut flowers.
But romantics may be spared from becoming victims of a trade dispute. The White House declared victory, saying that Colombia had reversed itself and agreed to allow the flights to land, backing down just hours after Trump threatened to impose visa restrictions in addition to the steep tariffs on its longtime ally in South America.
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