US EditionEcuador raises tariffs on Colombia to 100% from 50% as tensions escalate
Ecuador said Colombia’s failure to curb border crime forced the move, as the trade dispute has frozen $2.8 billion in annual commerce.
- On Thursday, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced tariffs on Colombian imports will surge to 100 percent effective May 1, citing Colombia's alleged failure to implement adequate border security measures.
- Tensions between Noboa and Colombian President Gustavo Petro have escalated for months; Ecuador previously imposed a 30 percent tariff rate in February, then raised it to 50 percent in March.
- Petro condemned the hike as "simply a monstrosity," arguing it signals the end of the Andean Pact, and instructed his foreign minister to shift Colombia toward Mercosur integration.
- Ecuador recalled its ambassador to Colombia over statements regarding politician Jorge Glas, while Colombia suspended vital energy sales to Ecuador amid recent droughts.
- The rift reflects deeper ideological divisions over drug trafficking policies, as Petro's government faces consistent criticism from regional right-wing movements regarding his "Total Peace" policy championing negotiations with criminal networks.
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Crisis in the Andes: Ecuador and Colombia Recall Ambassadors and Trade Insults
The Ecuadorian president accused Petro’s government of failing to fight against drug trafficking and decided to double tariffs on Colombian products. Both governments have decided to recall their ambassadors as a protest measure. Tensions between the South American neighbors show no signs of abating. Days after Colombian President Gustavo Petro called former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas a political prisoner, the government of Ecuadorian …
On Thursday, President Gustavo Petro described the customs duties imposed by Quito as 100% "monstruosity" to Colombian products. And on Friday, the Colombian Ministry of Commerce, in turn, was involved. An additional step in the tension between the two capitals on the background of the fight against drug trafficking and deep political differences.
The trade war between Ecuador and Colombia intensified by the reciprocal increase of tariffs to 100% began to feel already on the border between the two countries.
QUITO (AP) — Ecuador and Colombia are experiencing a diplomatic, political, and trade crisis that has deepened due to the increase to 100% of tariffs on Colombian products —which the Colombian government is considering equating— and the so-called…
Colombia will raise tariffs on Ecuadorian imports from 30 percent to 100 percent in response to the neighboring country's decision to raise the “security fee” imposed by President Daniel Noboa's administration from 50 percent to 100 percent, in a new escalation of the trade war that confronts them. Colombia's Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism (MinCIT), Diana Marcela Morales, said that that decision was made because the Executive has “ex…
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