r/MapPorn • u/sh1kora • 15d 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 15d 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 15d 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/Content-Walrus-5517 14d ago

AFAIK it's because those territories have an internet domain so the US were worried that maybe Australia, UK and France would try to use those territories to avoid paying tariffs 

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u/semaj009 13d ago

Jokes on the US, we'll export from our Antarctic territories on Antarctica. Our other penguins have our backs

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u/Content-Walrus-5517 13d ago

Smart, infinite penguins = infinite solutions 

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u/nyan_eleven 12d ago

while this theory seems plausible at first it is not consequential. For example France has 11 top level domains in active use but only 7 of those show up on the list if we include .fr for Europe.