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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk and Jamey Keaten

In the crosshairs of stiff US tariffs, tiny coral islands in the South Pacific and Arctic outposts

Trump Tariffs Tiny Targets - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic to tiny tropical islands to a former British penal colony whose leader is befuddled that it was targeted.

The American president rattled markets, manufacturers and more Wednesday announcing a baseline of 10% tariffs on imports into the United States — and far higher on goods from some places, notably those with high trade surpluses with the United States.

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