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Colombia asks Trump to suspend tariffs as country reels from earthquake
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Al Jazeera [en]
Post-earthquake reconstruction is expected to cost about $6.4bn, but Colombia has been hit by renewed US tariffs.
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