Pres. Petro assures Latin America seeks new opportunities after imposition of U.S. tariffs

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, affirmed that Latin America is seeking new opportunities with the tariffs imposed by the United States.

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00:00The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, affirmed that America is seeking new opportunities

00:05with the tariff imposed by the U.S.

00:07The Colombian president explained that his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, is coherent

00:12with his national tariff formula, which seeks to develop domestic production.

00:17However, he will have to lower the interest rate in the dollar.

00:22In this context, he explained that if the interest rate is high, there will be no productive

00:29investments in the world and a recessive wave will emerge.