@cstross

It rather damages our claim to be the only country to have imposed economic sanctions on ourselves. (-:

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@JdeBP @cstross

This is more literally true than you may perhaps think:

One of the tariffs is on the British Indian Overseas Territory (BIOT).

The main island there is Diego Garcia.

The *only* thing on Diego Garcia is a military base jointly operated by the US and UK.

So... we just applied a tariff to our own military base.

I mean... that's *talent*, right there.

@JdeBP @cstross

The other great one is a tariff on the Heard & McDonald Islands.

These are technically part of Australia, but got a tariff of 29% instead of Australia's 10%.

The Heard & McDonald Islands are *uninhabited*.

Those damn penguins.