An uninhabited island boasts colonies of penguins and duties from Trump
The Christmas island was not even avoided.
Canberra. Uninhabited Heard and McDonald’s islands, which belong to the so -called outdoor territory of Australia and boast colonies of penguins, but by no people were included among the territories for which the United States applied reciprocal duties.
Like the islands in the southern part of the Indian Ocean, others were included in the reciprocal list, from the point of view of the « unusual » area.
American President Donald Trump who reciprocal duties He announced on April 2, and included the list of Norfolk island in the South Pacific.
This island, which is equally external territory of Australia, is not explicitly uninhabited, but there are only about 2000 people. These will affect 29 % reciprocal duty. For comparison, against Australia itself applied Trump CLO at the lower limit of 10 %.
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« I am not absolutely sure whether the island of Norfolk, with all respect for its inhabitants, is a commercial competitor towards the huge United States, but this clearly shows that you will not hide anywhere in the world, » Trump’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese responded to the steps of Trump.
Asked why the US is also introducing tariffs against such territories, the White House for Politico said they were part of Australia.
For this reason, the duties did not avoid even the Australian Christmas island, and the British Indianocean territory, the archipelago consisting of 58 islands, of which only Diego Garcia is inhabited, has also turned out.
This is also because it has a British-American military base.
Other areas that Trump have applied to reciprocal duties to alleviate the US trade deficit include Tokelau, an island state in the Pacific Ocean with about 1500 inhabitants, which is part of New Zealand. The customs duties will affect the Norwegian island of Jan Mayen.
It is inhabited by the staff of the Loran C radio and the meteorological station. A total of 18 people.
