The Australian islands inhabited only by the penguins had to be beaten with tariffs to close the possible “ridiculous lagoons,” said the Secretary of Commerce of the United States.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited and were part of a variety of countries and territories that would be subjected to rates underneath.
A 10 percent rate on the goods of these islands will be made, a “reciprocal” tariff over 10 percent of the United States believes that it pays.
Why did the United States introduce tariffs on the islands?
Howard Lutnick, the United States Secretary of Commerce, defended tariffs during an interview with the US station CBS, in which he added: “The idea is that there are no countries left.”
“If you leave something out of the list, the countries that basically try arbitration that the United States is going through those countries.”
What has Australia said on the rates?
“The unilateral action that the Trump administration has taken today against all the nations of the world is not a surprise. For Australia, these rates are not expected, but allow me to be clear: they are totally unjustified,” said Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last week when they were announced.
He added: “Any part of the earth is safe.”
Where are the Heard and McDonald Islands and how do you get there?
The Heard and McDonald Islands are about 4,100 km southwest of Perth and more than 1,500 km north of Antarctica.
The islands are populated by seals, penguins and birds, but not by people.
The Antarctic program of Australia says that to visit Heard Island, he must travel by boat, and the trip takes about two weeks from Australia.
Well, it usually is cold, rainy and windy. It depends exactly where you are on the island, but almost anywhere is still cold, rainy and windy.
Antarctic Program of Australia
He added: “(Out of the Australian Antarctic Science expeditions), birds and seals have the place for themselves, except the very occasional visit of a commercial tourist group, private expedition or periodic fishing/Defense surveillance patrols.”
What are US rates?
Australia will be beaten with a base rate of 10 percent. This is the global baseline and the smallest rate implemented.
Rates that arrive in each country include:
- Australia: 10 percent
- China: 34 percent
- European Union: 20 percent
- Vietnam: 46 percent
- Taiwan: 32 percent
- Japan: 24 percent
- India 26 percent
- South Korea 25 percent
- Thailand 36 percent
- Japan: 24 percent
- Israel: 17 percent
Norfolk island was assigned by a 29 percent rate, but a spokeswoman for the island administrator told SBS News that .
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