Author: David Pierson, Keith Bradsher and Sui-Lee Wee
Published on: 03/02/2025 | 00:00:00
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China’s ambassador to Colombia declared relations between Beijing and Bogotá were at their “best moment” in decades. Mr. Trump imposed an additional 10 percent tariffs on goods imported from China. He could answer any retaliation from China with even higher levies. China will almost certainly use the opportunity to try to reshape the world in its favor. Beijing has long accused Washington of using its dominance to contain China’s rise. Mr. Trump’s threats to take the Panama Canal and Greenland could normalize a world order in which might make right. Trump has floated the idea of tying tariffs to the fate of TikTok. Another potential area for deal making is Ukraine. China, as Russia’s biggest provider of economic and material support, could conceivably pressure President Vladimir V. Putin to come to the negotiation table. China’s trade surplus reached almost $1 trillion last year. China has not yet said how it will respond to a potentially farther-reaching provision in Mr. Trump’s executive order on Saturday: the elimination of duty-free handling for packages worth up to $800 per day for each American. Keith Bradsher Sui-Lee Wee oversees coverage of 11 countries in the region. Elon Musk said that Trump believes the U.S. Agency for International Development should be shut down. The Trump administration ended Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 Venezuelans in the United States.
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