Donald Trump’s Tariffs Are Just a Giant Mistake

Donald Trump’s Tariffs Are Just a Giant Mistake

We have been liberated!  Yesterday, President Trump announced the imposition of a vast array of tariffs on nearly every country. The tariff barriers make the United States the most protectionist major economy in the world and indeed rival the highest barriers that the US has ever imposed on imports. It’s not clear yet what we’re […] The post Donald Trump’s Tariffs Are Just a Giant Mistake appeared first on 19FortyFive.

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has described this day as “big mistake” the tariffs announced this Wednesday by his counterpart from the United States, Donald Trump, and by which the products of this one and a large number of countries in Latin America, including Brazil, Peru, Chile and even the ally Argentina of Javier Milei, will face from April 5th a tax of 10% to enter US territory.

The Colombian government has received the announcement of Donald Trump’s universal imposition of tariffs with serenity and without alarm. In the House of Nariño, the presidential residence, they have long held the conviction that the country’s economy would resist a rise in tariffs on exports to the United States. Now it is going to check whether the president and his ministers are correct. Gustavo Petro has said more than once, in public and in…

This Wednesday, US President Donald Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs on a large number of countries.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said that the U.S. government is wrong to put tariffs on everyone because that will not bring them the benefits that they expect and said that neoliberalism dies with this measure. “The U.S. government now believes that rising up in aranc...

María Claudia Lacouture, president of Amcham Colombia and Laura Sarabia, chancellor of Colombia. Photo by Amcham Colombia The announcement by US President Donald Trump about the imposition of new tariffs on all countries has generated various reactions in Colombia. The president of the Colombo-American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), María Claudia Lacouture, and Chancellor Laura Sarabia highlighted today on Blu Radio that, although the situation r…