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Trump imposes harsh sanctions on Colombia for not accepting "repatriation" flights (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 days ago (1 children)

more. middle-men gonna middle on that 25%.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

The best middle-men in this situation are the ones sidestepping the tariffs entirely.

Not like Colombia doesn't already have a rich history of smuggling high-demand US contraband over the border, but it will be weird to start getting all my coffee shipped by way of Langley.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago

Even weirder when they start packing coffee in cocaine to throw off the dogs.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

The best middle-men in this situation are the ones sidestepping the tariffs entirely.

Can't wait to get me some bootleg coffee beans

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Langley

deep, deep burn. CIA flights imminent.