US EditionTrump enacts tariffs on islands home to penguins, not humans
- President Trump placed a ten percent tariff on Heard Island and McDonald Islands on Wednesday.
- The Trump administration enacted tariffs to close a loophole that allowed Australia to cheat trade regulations.
- These islands, external Australian territories near Antarctica, are largely uninhabited by people but populated by penguins.
- One user sarcastically noted, "The majestic Penguin has become the first nonhuman in history to enter a trade war."
- The tariffs sparked bemusement, leading Prime Minister Albanese to quip, "Nowhere on Earth is safe" from these trade measures.
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March Back Of The Penguins. Trump Cancels Penguin Tariff.
BREAKING: Trump has announced that he has suspended the tariffs planned against the penguin occupied Heard and McDonald Islands. The penguins have agreed to triple their imports of American made egg warmers. A bubbling Trump made the following...
Uninhabited islands face tariffs under Trump’s latest policy
The NewsThe quixotic design of Trump’s sweeping tariffs led them to hit unexpected targets. The “reciprocal” levies were calculated by dividing the US trade deficit with individual countries by total trade, down to a minimum of 10%, which “makes little sense EVEN if you believe in protectionist mercantilist economics,” one top economist said. Strange outcomes include Australia’s Norfolk Island, population 2,188, being hit with 58% tariffs, while…
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