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Trump levies 10% tariffs on Heard and McDonald Islands, ‘the place nobody lives’
Apr 03, 2025 04:55 AM IST
Donald Trump introduced reciprocal tariffs for a number of US commerce companions, together with the Australian exterior territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
President Donald Trump introduced reciprocal tariffs for a number of US commerce companions, together with the Australian exterior territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, the place actually nobody lives. The 78-year-old revealed a tariff chart throughout his speech from the White Home Rose Backyard. The listing talked about the island territory, which has been hit with 10% tariffs.
Heard Island and McDonald Islands are uninhabited subantarctic islands within the Southern Ocean, with no everlasting human inhabitants. They’re administered by Australia.
Ridiculing Trump on social media, one individual stated: “Trump administration has put a ten p.c tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands…. which has a inhabitants of 0 individuals and is inhabited solely by penguins.”
“The Trump administration has put a ten p.c tariff on the Heard Island and McDonald which has a inhabitants of 0 individuals and is inhabited solely by penguins,” one other one added on X, platform previously often known as Twitter.
“The Heard and McDonald Islands are fully uninhabited. Inhabitants zero. I assume we’ll tariff the seagulls?” a 3rd individual tweeted.
Neither the Trump administration nor the White Home have defined their tariffs on Heard Island and McDonald Islands.
What are the Heard Island and McDonald Islands?
Heard Island and McDonald Islands are situated roughly 1,700 km from the Antarctic continent and 4,100 km southwest of Perth. They’re volcanically energetic subantarctic islands. “The distinctive conservation worth of Heard and McDonald – one of many world’s uncommon pristine island ecosystems – lies within the full absence of alien vegetation and animals, in addition to human impression,” the Unesco web site states.
