Amid tariff crossfire, China set to widen trade with Colombia

New COSCO-operated shipping route to open in U.S.'s backyard

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, welcomes Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro to Beijing in 2023. (Pool via Reuters)

NIKI MIZUGUCHI

SAO PAULO -- China and Colombia are moving to grow their commerce across the Pacific Ocean with a new shipping route as both countries face pressure on trade from the Trump administration.

The Chinese and Colombian governments recently agreed to a deal involving COSCO, China's largest state-owned shipping company, container ships will travel between the South American nation's port of Buenaventura and the port of Shanghai.

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