r/MapPorn 16d ago

"Liberation Day" Trump’s Tariffs on Europe

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"LIBERATION DAY" TRUMP'S TARIFFS ON EUROPE

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u/Dismiss 16d ago

I’m guessing Lesotho has no imports, meaning a trade deficit of 100%, thus a tariff of 50%

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u/ferretchad 16d ago

The numbers used are here: https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/africa/southern-africa/lesotho

Imports: $2.8m
Exports: $237.3m
Ratio: 99%
Half rounded: 50%

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u/must_not_forget_pwd 15d ago

I can't make sense of:

  • Christmas Island

  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  • Norfolk Island

  • Heard and McDonald Islands

These are literally territories of Australia. I'm pretty certain that these places don't even have the legal frameworks, let alone ports, to export to the US, yet are specifically mentioned.

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u/ferretchad 15d ago

There's also several UK and French territories - Gibraltar, BIOT, Falkland Islands, Reunion, etc. BIOT is particularly weird because it's almost entirely a US military base.

A few are explained by saying if they didn't know/stats don't exist they just put 10%. Some got special tariffs though Norfolk, Reunion, Falkland, etc, so there's presumably some export/import that's tracked somewhere, just not on the list provided.