
Apr 04, 2025, 18:20
1. President Trump, as part of his expansive package of new tariffs, levied taxes on a number of uninhabited or sparsely populated islands that have little-to-no exports.
The announcement of new tariffs on Wednesday will hit nearly all foreign countries with a baseline tax at 10 percent. The administration also announced higher tariffs on others, ballooning up to 54 percent.....
Among those affected are the Heard Island and McDonald Islands, situated in the southern Indian Ocean southwest of Australia. The volcanically active subantarctic islands were slapped with a 10 percent tariff.
The islands, which feature two active volcanoes, are accessible only via a boat ride from Perth, Australia.....
Source Link: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5230165-donald-trump-tariffs-islands/
2. Poster's comment:
If there are really some "invisible beings" on those uninhabited islands, they may sing a Cantonese song entitled "Little Li's Flying Dagger" (小李飛刀) or "The Romantic Swordsman" which was popularized by a Hongkong television drama series in 1978. The song contained a lyric "何必偏偏选中我" (roughly translated as "Why just have I been chosen?").
For the unfortunate "invisible beings" on those uninhabited islands, their version of the lyric might run like this: "There are so many 'invisible beings' in the world, why have we been chosen by the Chosen One?"
Additional Reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVIaSW_mYnI
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