Falklands toothfish caught in Trump’s tariff dragnet

Falklands toothfish caught in Trump’s tariff dragnet

Islands’ exports to US — a category composed almost entirely of a succulent deep-sea fish — will face 42 per cent levy from next week

The measure, detailed in a White House report, responds to the 82% tariffs that the UK-dominated territory applies to US goods and is part of a broader trade strategy affecting more than 60 countries.

The Falkland Islands were not exempt from the tariff increases defined by the U.S. government. President Donald Trump determined that the island territory will have to pay a 41% aliquot to enter its products on U.S. soil. On the third page of a report distributed by the White House, the Falkland Islands appear [...]

On April 2, the Day of the Veteran and the Fallen in the Falklands War, Donald Trump, announced a series of reciprocal tariffs that the country will impose on the products of the rest of the countries of the world and included the Falkland Islands.Under the name of Falkland Islands, the territory was included in the list of those who will receive higher tariff increases: the archipelago will receive 41% of tariffs. The increase is in response to…

The measure, detailed in a White House report, responds to the 82% tariffs that the UK-dominated territory applies to U.S. goods and is part of a broader trade strategy that affects more than 60 countries.

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