Penguins and polar bears beat people in some tariff hits – nationally

Some of the world’s least populated islands and territories have affected US President Donald Trump’s “mutual” tariffs for all foreign trading partners – and some seem to have more penguins and polar bears than trade agreements with the US

The small tropical islands and the remote suburbs in Antarctic and the far north were included in the list of dozens of countries and territories now facing the initial tariff of 10 percent. Some of the external goals face much higher tariffs based on the calculated trade deficit with the US, leaving world leaders to scratch their heads.

“On Wednesday, reporters told reporters nowhere on the ground,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanian, who has many territories in the country, is fascinated by Trump’s tariffs.

None of the areas listed below were included National Trade Estimates Report on Obstacles of Foreign Trade James Grart’s office, which was released on Monday.

The Trump’s administration has pointed out the report’s opinions to justify the new global tariff policy, also based on the country’s emergency situation in foreign trade, which Trump announced on Wednesday.

“President Trump is urgently acting to protect the national security and economy of the United States,” Greer said in a statement. “The current lack of trade, as evidenced by our chronic trade deficit, has weakened our economic and national security.”

Here are just a few of Trump’s trade war goals that raise your eyebrows:

This Australian territory includes two islands in the remote Antarctica, which people do not live, except for temporary Australian scientific expeditions. Permanent Research Station Heyde Island was closed in 1954.

There are penguins and seals in the islands and are located for about two weeks in a sail from Australia’s mainland.

Despite almost real trade with the US – Government data shows Last year there is no import from the islands – the area faces a 10 percent basis tariff.

CIA World Fact Book says Economic activity in the islands actually ended in 1877, when elephant seal oil trade ended after the local seal population was almost killed.

The three tropical coral islands in the South Ocean form the Tokelau territory of New Zealand, with 1,500 people.

It mainly survives agricultural livelihood, which means that culture as well as fishing is almost non -exported.

Trade of goods with the US last year was about $ 500,000, According to the US Government. “Economic options Tokelau are small,” The CIA World Fact Book says.

Global trade data Summarized to prevent economic complexity It shows that the US is near the export and import markets of the territory.

Australian outpost in the Indian Ocean – 360 kilometers south of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, with less than 2,000 people – has used the US truck in the phosphate mine for decades.

“There is no trading between Christmas Island and America, except that we buy mining equipment through tractors in Singapore,” said Christmas Island President Gordon Thomson, referring to the regional distributor of the Texas production giant Caterpillar Inc..

“Trade, if something is our product on Christmas island. The only thing we are exporting is phosphate, and it comes to Malaysia, Indonesia, maybe in Thailand and a bit to the Australian mainland,” said Thomson.

In 2023, the US exported $ 49 million in American goods to Christmas Island while importing only $ 4.4 million, According to the US Census at the Office – Outside the year in trade relationships that are otherwise relatively small.

The Trump’s administration united about 2,500 people in the Norwegian Archipelago, and Jan Mayen, a volcanic island, 1100 kilometers away, put a 10 percent fee on its tariff list and overall.

Jan Mayen is completely uninhabited, with the exception of the combined Norwegian military and meteorological research outposts and the population of local polar bears and is partly covered by glaciers.

The Norwegian military role there is to monitor Norway’s demand for sovereignty above the island.

US Counting Data shows In fact, the US has actually been a long -lasting surplus with Svalbard and Jan Mayen, exporting much more than it imports.

Most of the US has imported about $ 100,000 from the area in the last five years.

This overseas British area consists of more than 1,000 separate islands in the Chagos Archipelago between Indonesia and Tanzania, with a combination area of ​​only 60 square kilometers.

The largest island, Diego Garcia, has a common British and US military base and 4,000 British and American troops, but the area has no zero permanent population.

US government data shows Millions of dollars in American goods are exported to the area every year – possibly military equipment – with many fewer goods imported.

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Another Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, this consists of two atolas with a 27 coral island as a whole, and less than 600 people call it home.

It mainly depends on tourism, and most food and other need are imported from Australia, but the US is the main export market for shipbuilding.

Two -way goods trade is approximately $ 3 million a year, According to the US census, the office said.

Long challenged between the United Kingdom and Argentina, including a military conflict in the eighties, with about 3,600 people in the South Atlantic Ocean in the Folklath Islands.

It mainly depends on fishing, agricultural and tourism for its economy, and wool from the sheep farming industry is the main export.

The Trump’s administration claims that territory tariffs, trade obstacles and “currency manipulation” are 82 percent tax on US imports, making it a 41 percent tariff in return.

The US has reported a deficit of trading goods with Folklend Islands for years.

Last year, it imported $ 18.7 million more than exporting it, two years before it was lower than $ 31.2 million.

This Pacific Island, another Australian territory of about 2,000 people, also received heavier tariff treatment with a 29 percent fee.

It is based on what Trump’s administration claims, with a total of 58 percent additional fees for US goods.

The island’s economy mainly turns around tourism, and most of its minimum agricultural exports are to Europe. The Albanians told the Australian broadcast corporation that a separate, higher tariff for Australia’s “was a bit unexpected and a bit strange”.

“As far as I know, we are not exporting anything to the United States,” said George Plant, an Australian government spokesman Norfolk Island.

“We don’t get anything tariffs. Nor can I imagine any tariff barriers, which would be in place, so we’re scratching our heads here.”

Norfolk Island company owners who spoke to Reuters could not think about the production industry on the island.

According to the US GovernmentTwo -way trade with Norfolk’s island has been less than $ 1.5 million in the last three years.

According to Trump’s administration, this French overseas territory right next to Newfoundland and Labrador with a population of about 5,000 people tariffs US goods at 99 percent – justifying 50 percent tariffs, one of the highest rates on the list on Wednesday.

The eight small island archipelago for its economy depends on fishing exports and tourism.

In addition to $ 3.4 million for imports of goods from the area in July 2024, trade with the US is minimal, According to US government data.

– with files from the Associated Press and Reuters