[Python] How to copy a google file with Colaboratory?

I need to copy a folder and its entire content (with subfolders) to another folder in Google Drive.

I tried using Colaboratory like this:

from google.colab import drive
drive.mount('/content/drive')

%cd /content/drive/MyDrive
%cp -av FOLDER_TO_COPY NEW_FOLDER_COPY


Folders and files are copied except for google files, which gives me the following error:
cp: cannot open 'path_to_file' for reading: Operation not supported
This happends for every .gdoc, .gsheet, .gslides, etc. I cannot convert those files to another format (like .docx or .xlsx) because some have complex formulas that I don't want to screw up.

I also tried this :

from shutil import copyfile

copyfile('path_to_file_to_copy',
'destination_path')


But got:
OSError: [Errno 95] Operation not supported: 'path_to_file'

How can I copy Google files using Colaboratory ?

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