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Laura Sharman island-hops her way around the Faroe Islands, discovering that it's a place where 'jagged cliffs rise out of the waters like witches' fingers'.
The Brief. At least three uninhabited islands are included in Trump’s tariffs, while other sparsely populated remote islands are facing much higher tariffs than the countries to which they belong.
It’s all led to some head-scratching around the world as leaders digest Trump’s effort to punish countries that he says have taken advantage of U.S. trade policy to steal American jobs.
Uninhabited islands among 'Liberation Day' tariff ... The islands are located in the Indian Ocean about equidistant to South Africa and Australia and about 1,000 miles north of Antarctica. Topics; ...
Jan Mayen, an island in the Arctic Ocean near Greenland has no permanent residents, only 18 people who operate a weather station and airfield. Neither island had any trade with the U.S. last year.