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President Trump’s tariffs have spared almost no corner of the Earth.
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One of the smallest economies in the South Pacific, Tokelau survives on subsistence agriculture, fishing, and finance from New Zealand, which counts the islands as one of its territories.
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More Penguins Than People: Trump Imposes Tariffs on Remote Islands
Some of the more sparsely populated territories in the world that do little trade with the United States have been caught up in the trade war.
Trump’s tariffs hit even remote islands. One is mainly home to penguins.
The Heard and McDonald Islands, a sub-Antarctic territory of Australia, is on the list of reciprocal tariffs — as is a remote volcanic isle near Greenland.
Trump slapped tariffs on remote islands with no humans — but a thriving penguin population
President Trump imposed tariffs on Heard Island and McDonald Islands, and several other small island economies, while leaving Russia off his list of targets.
Trump slaps tariffs on islands with more penguins or polar bears than people
Some targeted territories have little to no production, exports or role in the global economy. Some don't even have people.
Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins
The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there.
Trump enacts tariffs on islands home to penguins, not humans
Trump revealed his global tariff plan Wednesday afternoon, including a 10% tariff on the islands of Heard and McDonald, which exist in the Indian Ocean. The pair of islands homes living creatures, to be sure — just not humans.
In the crosshairs of stiff US tariffs, tiny coral islands in the South Pacific and Arctic outposts
The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic to tiny tropical islands to a former
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