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US Tariff on small islands
April 10 , 2025
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- US President Donald Trump imposed a highest 50% tariff on goods from Lesotho, a tiny African kingdom.
- Like the rest of Australia, the Heard and McDonald Islands, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island are now subject to a tariff of 10%.
- A tariff of 29% was imposed on the Norfolk Island, which is also an Australian territory and has a population of about 2,200 people.
- The Heard Island, though, is a barren, icy and completely uninhabited - home to Australia's largest and the only active volcano, Big Ben, and mostly covered by glaciers.
- The islands are listed by the UNESCO World Heritage as a rare example of an ecosystem untouched by external plants, animals or human impact.
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