00:00And the Colombian government announced an increase of tariffs of imports from Ecuador,
00:05raising the rate from 30 to 100% in response to tariff measures imposed by Daniel Novoa.
00:11Colombia's Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Diana Marcela Morales,
00:15stated that the decision was made after all diplomatic channels had been exhausted.
00:19She also said that it was in response to Daniel Novoa's government doubling the security tariffs applied to Colombian products,
00:25thereby escalating the trade conflict between the two nations.
00:28In this regard, President Gustavo Pérez stated that Novoa's administration's status policy marks the end of the Andean Pact for
00:35Colombia,
00:36and he called for the trade policy to be reoriented towards Mercosur, the Caribbean and Central America.
00:49And in light of the serious situation, the Andean community of nations is sounding the alarm to Quito, Bogota and
00:55the subregion.
00:56The Secretary-General of the organization, Gonzalo Gutiérrez Reynel, has made an urgent call to the heads of state for
01:02the presumption of negotiations in the shortest possible time.
01:06He warns that the consequences of these measures are not suffered by the states, but by the citizens.
01:11Gutiérrez Reynel has stated that these decisions contradict the spirit of regional solidarity built over almost six decades of integration.
01:18He recalls that since the signing of the Cartagena Agreement,
01:22Ecuadorian exports to the bloc have grown 271 times, and Colombian exports have grown 10 times.
01:28In the sense, the Andean community also warns Quito and Bogota about everything that is at risk, from free transit
01:35to telecommunications.
01:36So, let's have a look at this and what we can do for them, I'm going to show you that
01:39they have no idea of considering it.
01:39So, this will come to the�ğaze of the airport.
01:42And let's get up a little more.
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