Ottilie Mitchell BBC News, Sydney Richard Arculus The imposition of tariffs on the Heard and McDonald islands were meant to close “ridiculous loopholes”, said the US Commerce Secretary The US Commerce Secretary has defended the country’s decision to impose tariffs on a group of uninhabited islands, which are populated only by penguins and seals. The...
Ottilie Mitchell and Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Annelise Rees The remote Heard and McDonald Islands haven’t been visited by humans in almost a decade Two tiny, remote Antarctic outposts populated by penguins and seals are among the obscure places targeted by the Trump administration’s new tariffs. Heard and McDonald Islands – a territory which...