The threat follows the South American country’s decision to block U.S. planes transporting migrants back home.

Gustavo Petro said that the United States should not treat Colombian migrants as criminals and that he had already turned away U.S. military flights carrying deportees.

President Donald Trump on Sunday announced retaliatory tariffs on Colombia after its president blocked US military deportation flights from landing, the first instance of Trump using economic pressure to force other nations to fall in line with his mass deportation plans since he took office last week.

Trump said the measures were necessary, because the decision of Colombian President Gustavo Petro “jeopardized” national security in the U.S.

President Trump on Sunday announced “emergency” tariffs on imports from Colombia, an early signal of how he might enact trade policy in the early days of his second term.

Trump said the Colombia's refusal jeopardized U.S. national security. He imposed tariffs on incoming goods, sanctions on government officials, enhanced border inspections of Colombian nationals, and banking and financial sanctions.

President Donald Trump announced a series of retaliatory measures against Colombia after the country refused two flights of deportees from the United States.

President Trump said Sunday he is placing tariffs, a travel ban and other measures after the government rejected two planes carrying migrants, and the country’s president said he would

Defense programs, particularly shipbuilding, will experience high costs and delays if the administration's tariffs target crucial materials, analysts said.