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The global tariffs Trump announced this week include remote territories like Heard and McDonald Islands in the Indian Ocean that don't actually have human populations. Here's what to know about them.
President Donald Trump implemented tariffs on several uninhabited islands, Wednesday as part of a confused effort to establish equal trade.
According to the Trump administration’s list, it will be imposing a 10% reciprocal tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands—an external ... Other tariff targets include the British Indian Ocean ...
The Heard and McDonald Islands, a volcanically active and remote Australian territory 3,200 km (about 2,000 miles) northwest of Perth, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. According to the Australian ...
US Commerce Secretary asserts that leaving out a country will leave "loopholes" for other nations to manipulate it ...
The sweeping tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday target not only economic superpowers but also financial minnows. In fact, a White House list notes some territories with no ...
The country that received the most severe tariffs, Lesotho, is one that “nobody had ever heard of,” according to Trump. The White House list said the landlocked African kingdom has its own tariffs of ...
President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on uninhabited islands and a U.S. military base on Wednesday as he announced his widespread levies. Trump imposed tariffs on the uninhabited Heard and McDonald ...
Among the countries and territories listed on sheets of paper that were distributed to reporters in the White House Rose Garden on Wednesday were Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australian ...
Other tariff targets include the British Indian Ocean Territory ... according to the BBC. McDonald island is much smaller than Heard and is surrounded by smaller islands, according to UNESCO.