Colombia responds to Ecuador’s tariff hike with 100-percent import tax | Government News

Colombia responds to Ecuador’s tariff hike with 100-percent import tax | Government News

The tit-for-tat tariff increase comes amid cross-border tensions over illicit drugs and the fate of Ecuadorian politician Jorge Glas. Published On 10 Apr 202610 Apr 2026 Colombia’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism has announced it will raise tariffs on neighbouring Ecuador to 100 percent from 30 percent. The sum, confirmed on Friday, will match … Read more

India Scraps Import Ban on Salman Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses’

India Scraps Import Ban on Salman Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses’

Before the Iranian fatwa condemning the writer to death, before all the protests and burnings of his book and before the stabbing death of his translator, there was India’s customs notification No. 405/12/88-CUS-III. India, the writer Salman Rushdie’s home country, became the first place to impose restrictions on his novel “The Satanic Verses” in 1988, … Read more

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