President Trump’s sweeping tariffs announced Wednesday extend to countries and territories across the world — including the uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean.
The big picture: The remote UNESCO World Heritage-listed Australian territory, which features a mostly barren landscape, was included in the list of baseline 10% taxes on U.S. imports, along with mainland Australia.
Zoom out: Another region with no permanent human population on Trump’s list is the volcanic island of Jan Mayen in the Arctic Ocean. It’s collectively designated with Svalbard, an archipelago with polar bears and a small human population some 580 miles north of north of Tromsø, Norway.
- Also affected by baseline 10% taxes on U.S. imports is the British Indian Ocean Territory, which is exclusively occupied by U.S. and UK military service personnel at the Diego Garcia base.
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