The sweeping tariffs introduced by U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday have despatched shockwaves by way of markets and capitals around the globe—fairly actually. The measures, which embrace a baseline of 10 p.c tariffs on all imports into the USA, additionally extend to tiny, distant islands—from an abroad French territory close to Canada to a gaggle of uninhabited volcanic islands close to Antarctica.
The Heard Island and McDonald Islands, an exterior territory of Australia, are house to principally penguins, however they nonetheless face 10 p.c U.S. tariff. Norfolk Island, one other Australian territory with a inhabitants of roughly 2,100 individuals, is topic to a 29 p.c tariff. “Nowhere on earth is secure,” Australian President Anthony Albanese stated on Thursday.
The sweeping tariffs introduced by U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday have despatched shockwaves by way of markets and capitals around the globe—fairly actually. The measures, which embrace a baseline of 10 p.c tariffs on all imports into the USA, additionally extend to tiny, distant islands—from an abroad French territory close to Canada to a gaggle of uninhabited volcanic islands close to Antarctica.
The Heard Island and McDonald Islands, an exterior territory of Australia, are house to principally penguins, however they nonetheless face 10 p.c U.S. tariff. Norfolk Island, one other Australian territory with a inhabitants of roughly 2,100 individuals, is topic to a 29 p.c tariff. “Nowhere on earth is secure,” Australian President Anthony Albanese stated on Thursday.
Jan Mayen, a small Norwegian island within the Arctic, which is generally inhabited by members of the Norwegian army and isn’t identified to export any important items to the USA, can be topic to the ten p.c tariff.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon, an abroad French territory comprising eight islands off the coast of Newfoundland, was hit with a whopping 50 p.c tariff. As of 2023, the territory’s whole exports, principally related to the fishing trade, have been valued at simply $3.46 million.
The British Indian Ocean Territory, which incorporates Diego Garcia, the biggest island within the Chagos archipelago and residential to a joint U.S.-U.Ok. army base, was additionally on the record of nations and territories hit by the reciprocal tariffs. In line with the CIA World Factbook, the USA imported 1 percent of Diego Garcia’s whole exports in 2023.
Madagascar, the African island-nation identified for its biodiversity and one of many poorest international locations on this planet, can be topic to 47 p.c U.S. tariff.
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