Yeah it's definitely been very carefully thought through

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Norfolk Island, which has a population of 2,188 people and lies 1,600km (1,000 miles) north-east of Sydney, was slugged with a tariff of 29% – 19 percentage points higher than the rest of Australia.

In 2023, Norfolk Island exported US$655,000 (A$1.04m) worth of goods to the US, with its main export being US$413,000 (A$658,000) worth of leather footwear, according to Observatory of Economic Complexity data.

But George Plant, the administrator of Norfolk Island, disputed the data. He told the Guardian: “There are no known exports from Norfolk Island to the United States and no tariffs or known non-tariff trade barriers on goods coming to Norfolk Island.”

Albanese said on Thursday: “Norfolk Island has got a 29% tariff. I’m not quite sure that Norfolk Island, with respect to it, is a trade competitor with the giant economy of the United States, but that just shows and exemplifies the fact that nowhere on Earth is safe from this.”

Posted By: norwaay on April 3rd 2025 at 16:57:51

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seagulls.... (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 3, 14:14:25
- Do you know the only three countries where he hasn't imposed tariffs? (General Chat) - Kev, Apr 3, 18:27:47
  - Isn't it a flat 10% if not mentioned.... (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Apr 3, 20:24:50
  - Isn't it a flat 10% if not mentioned.... (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Apr 3, 20:24:28
  - he's even done narnia, middle earth, hogwarts, mordor, westeros, asgard, wakanda and (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 3, 18:52:19
- We should route all our experts to the Septics through one of our little known archipelago (General Chat) - Pixelman, Apr 3, 16:20:01
  - Yeh but that's still 10% (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Apr 3, 16:21:51
  - exports obvs (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Apr 3, 16:21:02
- Same tariffs as Australia who administer the island (General Chat) - phrankin, Apr 3, 15:41:34
  - Yeah it's definitely been very carefully thought through (General Chat) - norwaay, Apr 3, 16:57:51
    - So they have no exports to the US.... (General Chat) - usacanary, Apr 3, 17:43:15
    - So they decided to put on trade tariffs (General Chat) - phrankin, Apr 3, 17:08:10
      - There's a big difference, if you're interested (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Apr 3, 17:29:00
        
        Nice to claim that after the fact (General Chat) - phrankin, Apr 3, 17:34:01
        
        No. I'm an economist. I had to brief people on Milei, before he even won power (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Apr 3, 17:35:31
        
        Lefty economist (General Chat) - phrankin, Apr 3, 17:38:54
        
        You're making a fool of yourself. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Apr 3, 17:40:51
        
        As a big fan of Millel (General Chat) - phrankin, Apr 3, 17:42:55
        
        Or indeed Milei (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, Apr 3, 17:44:18
        
        💥💥💥💥💥 (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Apr 3, 17:36:21
      - Norfolk Island now has a 29% US tariff, despite also being administered by Australia (General Chat) - norwaay, Apr 3, 17:11:52
        
        29% of nothing is..... (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Apr 3, 18:01:18
        
        So what? (General Chat) - phrankin, Apr 3, 17:20:24
        
        Well, we're having a conversation about Trump's tariffs (General Chat) - norwaay, Apr 3, 17:26:07
        
        It's the usual right-wing whataboutery (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Apr 3, 17:29:49
        
        It's a very confusing conversation (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Apr 3, 17:31:53
        
        I doubt they much cared on these tiny islands (General Chat) - phrankin, Apr 3, 17:37:05
        
        So what? Who cares? etc etc. Yet here you are, arguing the toss. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Apr 3, 17:39:58
  - FFS..... (General Chat) - usacanary, Apr 3, 15:49:59
    - I think the whole world has a healthy hatred of the US right now (General Chat) - Kev, Apr 3, 16:16:12
      - It's so strange that others countries are surprised... (General Chat) - usacanary, Apr 3, 16:29:36
        
        This isn't going to be in your own interest usac (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Apr 3, 16:33:05
        
        Seriously, I have absolutely no idea how this will play out... (General Chat) - usacanary, Apr 3, 16:44:01
        
        I live near the Canadian border (General Chat) - Kev, Apr 3, 18:23:33
        
        They absolutely do..... (General Chat) - usacanary, Apr 3, 20:28:56
        
        Sad (General Chat) - Kev, Apr 3, 21:10:59
        
        What is sadder is...... (General Chat) - usacanary, Apr 3, 23:24:51
    - tbf you don't have to be a hater to find your country a bit ridiculous at the moment (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Apr 3, 16:02:45
      - In case you hadn't noticed.... (General Chat) - usacanary, Apr 3, 16:17:29
        
        I do wonder what the likes of (General Chat) - phrankin, Apr 3, 16:20:52
      - As ridiculous as a country (General Chat) - phrankin, Apr 3, 16:08:12
        
        much, much more ridiculous than that (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Apr 3, 16:31:40
        
        He won’t, he’ll find reasons why that’s perfectly reasonable (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Apr 3, 17:31:15
        
        No, at some point he will recognise Trump for what he is (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Apr 3, 17:34:05
        
        I wouldn’t support any invasion (General Chat) - phrankin, Apr 3, 18:07:34
        
        Or indeed left wing poverty… (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, Apr 3, 17:29:34
- Penguins have been ripping us off for years. We're just making things equal. (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 3, 15:37:05
  - Wow just catching up. This deserved more 👏🏼 😂 (n/m) (General Chat) - footymadman, Apr 3, 22:43:47
- Tombs Thursday Tilting on Trump's Tariffs. (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Apr 3, 15:31:13
- It looks like a list of the pre-pre-pre qualifying nations for the World Cup (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Apr 3, 14:16:19
  - No easy games in international football these days, tough place to go (n/m) (General Chat) - Wild Edric, Apr 3, 15:32:34
    - That pitch is rough on a Tues night in January... (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Apr 3, 16:23:50

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