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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tiago Rogero South America correspondent and Edward Helmore

Colombia lifts ban on deportation flights after Trump tariff threat

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Gustavo Petro speaks during an event in Bogota, Colombia, on 3 August 2023. Photograph: Vannessa Jimenez/Reuters

The US and Colombia pulled back from the brink of a trade war on Sunday after the White House said the Colombians had agreed to accept military aircraft carrying deported migrants.

Donald Trump, the US president, had threatened tariffs and sanctions on Colombia to punish it for earlier refusing to accept military flights carrying deportees amid his sweeping immigration crackdown.

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