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A 10 per cent tariff will be placed on goods from these islands, a “reciprocal” tariff on the 10 per cent the US believes it pays.
Why did the United States introduce the tariffs on the islands?
“If you leave anything off the list, the countries that try to basically arbitrage America go through those countries to us.”
What has Australia said about the tariffs?
He added: “Nowhere on earth is safe.”
Where are the Heard and McDonald Islands and how do you get there?
Australia’s Antarctic Program says to visit Heard Island, you need to travel by boat, with the journey taking around two weeks from Australia.
Well, usually it’s cold, rainy and windy. It does depend where exactly you are on the island, but pretty much anywhere is still cold, rainy and windy.
Australian Antarctic Program
It added: “(Outside of Australian Antarctic Science expeditions) the birds and seals have the place to themselves, except for the very occasional visit by a commercial tourist group, private expedition, or periodic fisheries/defence surveillance patrols.”
What are the US tariffs?
- Australia: 10 per cent
- China: 34 per cent
- European Union: 20 per cent
- Vietnam: 46 per cent
- Taiwan: 32 per cent
- Japan: 24 per cent
- India 26 per cent
- South Korea 25 per cent
- Thailand 36 per cent
- Japan: 24 per cent
- Israel: 17 per cent
