White House says Colombia agrees to take deported migrants after Trump tariff showdown
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The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S., hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs.

Actual headline buried the lead. The headline: "US, Colombia clash over deportations and raise tariffs in show of Trump’s pledge to limit migration

    • shoulderoforion@fedia.io
      34·
      2 days ago

      nations which trade with the united states, which makes up pretty much every one, are stuck, this is what means to be the only superpower in the world, the engine of economics starts and ends with the united states, folks can take their luck with china but china doesn’t even come close. not sure who you expect, and what form this “backlash” would take, but it’d be interesting to hear what columbia would do with all the surplus coffee it can’t sell if there’s an embargo, what would happen to it’s farmers, it’s shippers, it’s entire economy. this is why the columbian president changed his tune.

      • argon@lemmy.todayEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        The world’s economies are intertwined now.

        Such behaviour will lead to countries decoupling from the USA. Over time, this will lead to the USA having ever less power.

        (Btw, regarding “the only superpower”: The EU countries combined have a larger military than the USA.)

        • shoulderoforion@fedia.io
          13·
          2 days ago

          ok, generally what would you have the general world at large to do about trump’s bullying, again being the leader of the worlds only superpower to which all other countries are inextricably linked economically right down to the very bones of their own economies? generally?

      • bstix@feddit.dkEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        There’s no embargo. Colombia doesn’t need to do anything.

        Trump is putting a tariff on the coffee. USA consumes almost 300 times more coffee than they produce. Even if they could produce 300 times more than they already do, it’s very unlikely that they can do it cheaper than Colombia. The price for Americans is simply going to increase by 25%

        The backlash will come from Americans.