<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-tariffs-live-updates-liberation-day-latest-politics-news-headlines/efe3d301-2104-4dd7-9ddf-808a8423e0dc" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span>'s sweeping tariffs have not spared two uninhabited islands off the coast of Antarctica.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A ten per cent tariff was placed on Heard and McDonald Islands, an Australian external territory.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But the two islands are uninhabited and nothing is exported from them.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-tariffs-live-updates-liberation-day-latest-politics-news-headlines/efe3d301-2104-4dd7-9ddf-808a8423e0dc" target="_blank"><strong><span>Trump reveals tariff rate on Australia</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Heard and McDonald Islands are considered among the most remote places on Earth, and can only be reached by a two-week ship voyage from Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The White House did not give any explanation as to why it had placed tariffs on exports from the islands.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Christmas Island, another Australian territory, has also been named in the list, with the same 10 per cent tariff as the rest of the country.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-tariffs-heard-and-mcdonald-islands-uninhabited-antarctica-islands-liberation-day/fecf2af6-03e7-4c9b-af44-17c0f633cec3" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But without explanation, the territory of Norfolk Island has triple the tariff of the rest of Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As the rest of Australia was dealt a 10 per cent tariff from Donald Trump this morning, Norfolk Island received 29 per cent.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The White House offered no explanation for the disparity.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When asked about it today, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was baffled.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm not quite sure that Norfolk Island, with respect to it, is a trade competitor with the giant economy of the United States," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"But that just shows and exemplifies the fact that nowhere on Earth is exempt from this.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm not sure what Norfolk Island's major exports are to the US or why it has been singled out, but it has."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Norfolk Island is about 1400km east of the Australian mainland and has a population of about 2000 people.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>According to the Associated Press, Trump's new tariffs won't affect those already in place.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As far as Australia's concerned, that means steel and aluminium tariffs will remain as is, without alteration.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico also remain unchanged.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump announced earlier his global tariffs would come into effect "from midnight".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-liberation-day-tariffs-update-australian-beef-exports-singled-out/ede43fa9-35ca-488b-b465-f93c25a1f879" target="" title="Why Australia won't import American beef"><strong><span>Why Australia won't import American beef</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Assuming that's midnight in Washington DC, that would be 3pm AEDT, 2pm AEST, 2.30pm in South Australia, 1.30pm in the Northern Territory, and noon in Perth.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The tariffs kick in at 9am in local time on Heard Island.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trade Minister Don Farrell says Australia will continue to sell into the US.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"When China imposed a 220 per cent tariff on Australian wine, that killed wine exports the next day, stone dead," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"That's not what has happened here. Australian wine will now apparently go into the United States at a 10 per cent tariff. We'll still continue to sell wine into the United States."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He also flagged the possibility of a new free trade agreement with the European Union, negotiations toward which had previously fallen over.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The world has changed as of today. The world has changed for Europe," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Europe is now subject to a much higher tariff into the United States.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If they're sensible, they make us a better offer on the issues that made the agreement fall over last time, and we'll get a free trade agreement with the EU."</span></div></div><div class="styles__Wrapper-sc-2o34ro-0 cmwkBV"><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><a href="/content/2025/04/03/09/20/the-full-list-of-trumps-reciprocal-tariffs"><img alt="US President Donald Trump today announced sweeping reciprocal tariffs for dozens of nations in a &amp;quot;Liberation Day&amp;quot; speech at the White House." sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 636px, (min-width: 768px) 396px, 100vw" src="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/fJmcm8MqaRXpidBWPXCQ-OF3i9E=/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Ff4adaefd-6caf-46d7-899f-f151e3f9bb68" srcset="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/fJmcm8MqaRXpidBWPXCQ-OF3i9E=/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Ff4adaefd-6caf-46d7-899f-f151e3f9bb68 396w, https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/x8yQRuzP2g-htvXY9q9j40uqzR8=/636x358/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Ff4adaefd-6caf-46d7-899f-f151e3f9bb68 636w"/></a></div><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><div class="styles__Headline-sc-2o34ro-4 hpbOlz">The full list of Trump's reciprocal tariffs</div><div class="styles__Button-sc-2o34ro-1 eBjlmW"><a class="styles__ButtonLink-sc-2o34ro-2 hqpklJ" href="/content/2025/04/03/09/20/the-full-list-of-trumps-reciprocal-tariffs">View Gallery</a></div></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/donald-trump-tariffs-norfolk-island-australia-export-tariffs-stock-market-finance-news/be1d5184-f7a2-492b-a6e0-77f10b02665d" rel="" target="" title="No explanation why Norfolk Island's tariffs are nearly triple the rest of Australia's"><strong><span>No explanation why Norfolk Island's tariffs are nearly triple the rest of Australia's</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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