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President Donald Trump has announced new tariffs on a collection of remote islands—despite the fact that their only residents are penguins. Why It Matters The tariffs are part of a new plan announced ...
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Another Australian territory targeted by tariffs is the Cocos Islands.
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Donald Trump Puts Tariffs on Islands Inhabited Only by Penguins
President Donald Trump has announced new tariffs on a collection of remote islands—despite the fact that their only residents are penguins. Why It Matters The tariffs are part of a new plan announced by Trump yesterday on what he dubbed "Liberation Day.
Stocks hammered by Donald Trump’s larger than expected tariffs
On Wall Street, futures pointed to a 2.8 per cent opening decline for the S&P 500, piling further pain on a market that had already been pushed into a correction this year by Trump’s tariff threats and a sell-off in the tech sector.
Trump’s tariffs hit even remote islands. One is mainly home to penguins.
The Heard and McDonald Islands, a sub-Antarctic territory of Australia, is on the list of reciprocal tariffs — as is a remote volcanic isle near Greenland.
An uninhabited island, a military base and a ‘desolate’ former whaling station. Trump’s trade war includes unlikely targets
The sweeping tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday target not only economic superpowers but also financial minnows. In fact, a White House list notes some territories with no economy,
A tiny Australian outpost gets a steep Trump tariff despite few exports
For Richard Cottle, owner of a concrete-mixing business on Norfolk Island, there was only one explanation when U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a hefty 29% tariff on the tiny territory about 600 miles off eastern Australia: "it was just a mistake".
US tariffs take aim everywhere, including uninhabited islands
The world's remotest corners couldn't hide from US President Donald Trump's global tariffs onslaught Wednesday -- even the uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands.Strings of ocean specks around the globe,
Donald Trump Job Cuts Keep Backfiring on Republican States
Republican states will bear the brunt of some of President Donald Trump 's biggest budget cuts after Democratic states launched successful legal challenges. Newsweek sought email comment on Thursday from the Department of Defense; the office of Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and Senator Marsha Blackburn.
White House Official Explains Why Russia Isn't On Donald Trump's New Tariffs List
Donald Trump’s new trade crackdown had one eyebrow-raising omission: Russia. The absence of Russia on the president’s new list of countries that he’ll hit with steep tariffs did not go unnoticed on social media.
Donald Trump announces sweeping reciprocal tariffs against ‘friend and foe’ with a 10% minimum
We’re not taking it anymore," the president said, announcing the U.S.' tariffs would amount to half of trading partners'.
How Donald Trump's Net Worth Change Compares to Elon Musk's
Trump's third bid for the White House resulted not just in him reclaiming his seat in the Oval Office but also in increasing his net worth by nearly double within the past year. The Republican leader's $5.1 billion net worth as of March 31, according to Forbes, bolstered his financials through stock shares, real estate equity and cryptocurrency.
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