{"id":322894,"date":"2026-01-23T11:52:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322894"},"modified":"2026-01-23T11:52:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:52:03","slug":"colombia-slaps-30-pct-tariff-on-ecuadorian-goods-in-retaliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322894","title":{"rendered":"Colombia slaps 30 pct tariff on Ecuadorian goods in retaliation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BOGOTA\/QUITO, Jan 23 (NNN-XINHUA) &#8212; Colombia will impose a 30 percent tariff on several Ecuadorian products, Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism Diana Morales announced Thursday, a day after Ecuador revealed its &#8220;unilateral&#8221; decision to levy a similar tariff on Colombian goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This tariff is not a sanction or a confrontational measure, but rather a corrective action aimed at restoring the balance of trade and protecting the national productive sector from external distortions,&#8221; Morales said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added that Colombia and Ecuador have historically maintained a relationship based on cooperation, dialogue and respect, expressing her regret that Ecuador has violated this principle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colombia&#8217;s response, she said, is &#8220;proportional, temporary, and subject to review,&#8221; assuring that it does not imply abandoning dialogue between the parties aimed at finding a mutually beneficial solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ecuadorian exports to Colombia that are subject to the new tariffs amount to over 250 million U.S. dollars, Morales added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced a 30 percent tariff increase on Colombian goods, effective Feb. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noboa cited a trade deficit exceeding 1 billion dollars annually, as well as Colombia&#8217;s alleged lack of cooperation in addressing illegal armed groups along the border.\u00a0&#8212; NNN-XINHUA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOGOTA\/QUITO, Jan 23 (NNN-XINHUA) &#8212; Colombia will impose a 30 percent tariff on several Ecuadorian products, Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism Diana Morales announced Thursday, a day after Ecuador revealed its &#8220;unilateral&#8221; decision to levy a similar tariff on Colombian goods. &#8220;This tariff is not a sanction or a confrontational measure, but rather a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322894"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322897,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322894\/revisions\/322897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}