Heard Island and McDonald Islands, the uninhabited territory where Trump has imposed tariffs
The remote location near Antarctica only has birds, penguins, and seals on it, but it is now subject to a 10% levy on its exports
Donald Trump’s trade war knows no bounds. In his joint address to Congress in early March, the president disparagingly referred to “the African nation of Lesotho, which nobody has ever heard of.” Lesotho has now been slapped with 50% tariffs. But what has come as even more of a surprise is that the list of countries included in the annex to the “reciprocal tariffs” decree signed on Wednesday includes small islands and territories that do not trade with the United States. Among them are Heard Island and McDonald Islands, an uninhabited Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean near Antarctica. The islands are home to sparse vegetation, insects, seabirds, penguins, and seals. But from now on, products exported (?) to the United States will be subject to a 10% tariff.
