Trump, McDonald Islands and Tariffs
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President Donald Trump has announced new tariffs on a collection of remote islands—despite the fact that their only residents are penguins.
From Newsweek
US President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on goods from countries across the world, on what he called "Liberation Day".
From BBC
The biggest damage from tariffs often comes from retaliation. Even before Wednesday's announcement, nations pledged to fight back.
From USA Today
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They’re uninhabited and are home to thousands of penguins and seals, but Donald Trump reckons they should be slapped with a 10 per cent tariff. Trump also didn’t forget Norfolk Island where locals are scratching their heads.
Despite having no human inhabitants or imports or exports, the president has hit the territory with a 10% tariff on goods bound for the US. The islands, which are accessible only by a two-week boat voyage from Perth on Australia’s west coast, are believed to have last been visited by people 10 years ago.
Donald Trump has imposed a 10% tariff on imports from the Heard and McDonald Islands. Exactly what these imports might be is anyone’s guess.
A group of barren, uninhabited volcanic islands near Antarctica, covered in glaciers and home to penguins, have been swept up in Donald Trump ’s trade war, as the US president hit them with a 10 per cent tariff on goods.
The islands can only be reached via a week-long boat trip and hasn't been visited by humans in almost a decade
Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on islands inhabited by penguins during his ‘Liberation Day’ speech earlier this week on Wednesday (2 April).
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