During the afternoon of last Wednesday, April 2, the president of the United States, Donald Trumpannounced the new reciprocal tariffs which will impose to 185 of its commercial partners, which will enter into force in the next few days, with the objective of “shaking the global economic system as it has not been seen in several decades.”
The 78 -year -old republican president made the announcement of the tariffs in a great act called Make America Wealthy Again (Make the United States rich again), which was carried out in the Rose garden from the White House, a landscaped area that surrounds the oval office and attended by all the members of his second cabinet.
“If they charge us, we also charge them. We must match the commercial and fiscal barriers that other nations impose on US products,” added the press secretary in the president’s official residence, Karoline Leavitt, who had been in charge of advancing the imposition of world tariffs.
However, although Trump imposed tariffs on different powers around the world, such as China (34%), South Korea (25%) and Japan (24%), among others, the Republican also decided to include uninhabited territories, such as Heard Islands and McDonaldwhose population is mostly composed of Focas and Penguins.
Heard Islands and McDonald
The remote Heard and McDonald islands are currently not populated by humans but for many seals and penguins; and despite not having Exports neither Imports APARATORS, The Subantarctic Islands, which are identified as external territory of Australiathey will be subject to a tariff of the 10%, According to the White House.
According to the documents that the president’s official residence provided during Donald Trump’s tariff announcement, this set of uninhabited islands located in the Indian ocean He also also charges 10% tariffs on the American nation, including handling of foreign exchange and barriers.
Given this situation, the authorities in the United States decided match The percentage of the tariffs they receive from the Heard and McDonald Islands, which form an external territory of Australia since 1947 that is characterized by its mountains and volcanoes; like him Mawson peaka volcano of 2,745 meters high.
However, other small nations and territories were also affected by 10% tariffs by the United States, including Tokelaua territory dependent on New Zealand, with a population of 700 people, and Coconut islands, Another Australian territory, with a population of around 600 people.
“No place on Earth is safe. A 10% tariff has been applied to island goods that are not a country,” said Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, When Donald Trump announced large “countries” tariffs around the world, even aimed at a group of deserted and uninhabited volcanic islands near Antarctica.
At present, the Heard and McDonald islands are among the most places remote of the earth, because they are completely uninhabited by humans and their main occupants are seals, penguins and Other sea birdsso the authorities believe they were visited by people for the last time more than 9 years ago.
