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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Anggy Polanco

Colombia, Venezuela reopen cargo trade as relations thaw

People attend the commercial reopening of Venezuela–Colombia border, at the Simon Bolivar International Bridge, in Cucuta, Colombia September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria

Colombia and Venezuela reopened cargo transport at a major border crossing on Monday, potentially enabling billions of dollars in trade after years of icy bilateral relations and heavily-restricted economic ties.

The re-opening - which will allow goods like coal, toilet paper and fruit to move through crossings between the Colombian city of Cucuta and the Venezuelan state of Tachira - was a key campaign promise of Colombia's new leftist President Gustavo Petro.

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