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Just in time for Valentine’s Day, trade dispute with Colombia threatens flower imports

APTOPIX_Colombia_Trade_Flowers_26792WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25% tax on imports from Colombia comes at a most inauspicious time: The wrangling over the South American country’s willingness to accept flights carrying deported immigrants is flaring up just three weeks before Valentine’s Day, and Colombia is America’s No. 1 foreign source of cut flowers.