Who knows what the 5,819 people who live on Saint Pierre and Miquelon have done to deserve a 99% tariff rate? - ThreadSky

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warringtonruncorn.com • 59 days ago

Who knows what the 5,819 people who live on Saint Pierre and Miquelon have done to deserve a 99% tariff rate?

Reposted from Todd Tucker

Details on tariff rates from the handout. Credit: Jasmine Wright of @notusreports.bsky.social

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robotriddims.bsky.social•59 days ago

they sounded a bit French.

lesleya.bsky.social•59 days ago

Somebody had to get that number in the draw? Trump had a bad holiday there once?

niktyler1972.bsky.social•59 days ago

The Heard and macdonald islands are covered by the tariffs, only inhabitants are penguins

subfuscous.org•59 days ago

I suspect this is due to the incredibly witless way the tariffs were calculated. They may well be exporting (fish) directly to the US but not importing anything as they are tiny and most goods come via Canada.

sixesalltheway.bsky.social•59 days ago

This guy explains the realities of this particular topic of rudimentary macro economics really rather well:

https://bsky.app/profile/danielahorwitz.bsky.social/post/3lluifyoagk2f

renekita.bsky.social•59 days ago

They haven't bought the two and a half Cybertrucks needed to balance imports and exports.

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