Congress tries to restrain Trump on tariffs: From the Politics Desk

Congress tries to restrain Trump on tariffs: From the Politics Desk

In today’s edition, our Capitol Hill team explores how Republicans are joining with Democrats in efforts to check President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Germán Ávila, Minister of Finance of Colombia, at the Asofondos Congress in 2025. Photo: Valora Analitik The Minister of Finance, Germán Ávila, referred this Friday to the tariffs imposed by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, which impacted most of the countries of the world and Colombia was not the exception. “If this had been raised 30 years ago it would be inconceivable, because we made an absolute apology of free markets and e…