The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S. on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on imports and other sanctions on the longtime U.

Key Takeaways President Donald Trump backed off a threat of "emergency" tariffs on imports from Colombia after the South American country agreed to let two repatriation flights from the U.S. land there.

Trump had threated to impose 25% tariffs on all imports from Colombia, which would rise to 50% in a week, unless it agreed to accept deported migrants.