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"Trade war with penguins": Trump places 10% tariff on uninhabited Antarctic islands (www.salon.com)
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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks. I had been guessing it was the cost of the scientific expeditions on this island, paid by an American university or something, and somehow calculated as imports. But yeah, 1.4m$ im machinery and electrics from an uninhabited island indeed smells fishy.