You may think coffee or salsa dancing when you think of Colombia, but with Valentine’s Day around the corner, lovers beware that threats of tariff hikes from US President Donald Trump could put the country’s lesser known but vibrant floral industry at risk of collapsing.

President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25% tax on imports from Colombia comes at a most inauspicious time: The wrangling over the South American country's willingness to accept flights carrying deported immigrants is flaring up just three weeks before Valentine's Day,

The US is Colombia's biggest export market, but it makes up only 0.5 percent of American imports, ranking as the 26th largest goods importer to the US.