Trump’s move to rescind his tariff threat on Colombia suggests he can be swayed from carrying through on at least some of what he pledges to do
In his first week back in the Oval Office, Trump has quickly torn up his predecessor’s alliance-driven foreign policy in favor of an even more rambunctious 2.0 version of “America First.” His provocations have raised tensions with key allies on multiple continents — and set up showdowns with other leaders that,
Trump's latest moves spark controversy, from imposing tariffs on Colombia to proposing US control of Canada and Greenland.
The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S. on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on imports and other sanctions on the longtime U.
Colombia has walked back from the brink of a damaging trade war with the United States, reaching an agreement on accepting deported migrants being returned on military planes, after a flurry of threats from President Donald Trump that included steep tariffs.
U.S. President Donald Trump still plans to make good on his promise to issue tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Saturday, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday. Leavitt told reporters in her first White House press briefing that Trump also is still "very much" considering fresh tariffs on China for Saturday.
Less than a week into his presidency, Donald Trump has briefly engaged in his first international tariff dispute. And the target wasn't China, Mexico or Canada - frequent subjects of his ire - it was Colombia, one of America's closest allies in South America.
Whatever Trump decides sets the stage for a separate review aimed at China, as well as Canada and Mexico, that could tee up even more tariffs as soon as April
Less than two weeks into his second term, President Trump may be poised to deploy steep tariffs against key U.S. trading partners.
President Donald Trump’s vow to levy punishing taxes on the country’s top trading partners is already having the Texas business community on edge, with even Republicans who support the president acknowledging it could cause pain in the state.
Join the club. Washington is playing the waiting game as Feb. 1 nears. By our complex calculations, that’s Saturday, and it’s the date Trump has teased for when Mexico and Canada – two of America’s largest trading partners – will be slapped with 25% tariffs. (China, meanwhile, could get a 10% levy.)