BOGOTÁ, Colombia – Shugaba Donald Trump na Amurka ya dora haraji mai tsanani kan kayayyakin Colombia a ranar Lahadi, 26 ga Janairu, 2025, sakamakon rikici game da jigilar baƙi da ba bisa ka’ida ba zuwa Amurka. Wannan matakin ya zo ne bayan da shugaban Colombia, Gustavo Petro, ya hana jiragen sojin Amurka da ke dauke da baƙi ba bisa ka’ida ba sauka a kasar.
Trump ya bayyana cewa harajin zai kai kashi 25% na farko kuma zai kara zuwa 50% cikin mako guda idan Colombia ta ci gaba da hana jigilar baƙi. Haka kuma, Amurka ta sanya takunkumin balaguro ga ‘yan Colombia tare da soke biza ga jami’an gwamnatin kasar.
“Waɗannan matakan farko ne kawai. Ba za mu ƙyale Gwamnatin Colombia ta keta wajibcinta na doka game da karɓar da mayar da masu laifin da suka shiga Amurka ba,” in ji Trump a shafinsa na Truth Social.
Daga bangarensa, shugaban Colombia Gustavo Petro ya yi tir da matakin Trump, yana mai cewa, “Trump, ba ni son tafiye-tafiye zuwa Amurka, abin gajiyawa ne.” Petro ya kuma yi iƙirarin cewa Trump yana ɗaukar shi a matsayin ƙasa mai ƙarancin daraja, wanda bai dace ba.
Bayan tashin hankali na tsawon sa’o’i, gwamnatin Amurka ta sanar da cewa Colombia ta amince da karɓar jiragen jigilar baƙi, kuma harajin za a tsayar da shi har sai an aiwatar da yarjejeniyar. Karamin sassan kasuwanci tsakanin Amurka da Colombia ya kai dala biliyan 53.5 a shekarar 2022, inda Amurka ta zama babbar kasuwar kasuwanci ta Colombia.
Ryan Berg, darektan shirin Amurka a Cibiyar Nazarin Dabarun Ƙasa da Ƙasa, ya bayyana cewa Petro na iya samun dalilai na fara rikici da Trump, musamman saboda rashin gamsuwa da dangantakar kasuwanci da Amurka. Duk da haka, Berg ya yi hasashen cewa Colombia za ta yi sulhu da Trump saboda tasirin haraji mai tsanani.
Maria Claudia Lacouture, shugabar Ƙungiyar Kasuwanci ta Colombo-Amurka, ta yi kira ga sanyin hankali da tattaunawa don magance rikicin. Ta bayyana cewa harajin 25% zai yi mummunan tasiri ga tattalin arzikin Colombia.
Rikicin ya nuna irin tasirin da za a iya samu sakamakon manufofin Trump na tsauraran matakai kan batun baƙi da kuma yadda za su shafi dangantakar Amurka da kasashen Latin Amurka.
