MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Trump’s 41% tariff on Falklands, “biggest threat since Argentine invasion”, Liberal Democrat leader
The leader of UK’s Liberal Democrats, Ed Davey has called on the Prime Minister to meet with the Falklands Governor, after President Trump announced tariffs of 41% on exports from the Falkland Islands to the United States. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesfalklands are in a strong position to weather the storm. falklands GD in 2022 was £278m = £76k per capita based on civil population of 3,662 at 2021 census. similar to the usa of £73k and much more than uk per capita income of £37k!
Posted 8 hours ago - Link - Report abuse 0Forgive him, he does get excited and is prone to irrational outbursts.
Posted 7 hours ago - Link - Report abuse 0@Vet, dont all politicians whatever colour, and even more so 1 or 2 UK national newspapers, nothing to worry about what so ever,
Posted 7 hours ago - Link - Report abuse 0I think Trump has his geographical and political facts wrong- Toothfish is caught off South Georgia - a seperate Govt and Administration to the Falklands and it is the South Georgia Govt who sells and has the income from the Toothfish Licences in their CCAMLAR area of control.
Posted 6 hours ago - Link - Report abuse 0The Falklands link is just that the fish has to be landed on the docks here and check weighed as it is loaded into reefer containers to wherever the market is.
@ Islander1: indeed, as Trump is even putting Tarrifs on uninhabited Islands (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/donald-trump-tariffs-antarctica-uninhabited-heard-mcdonald-islands) guess he just got his geography wrong. Shows what kind of sloppy office he runs
Posted 5 hours ago - Link - Report abuse 0Kike, Trumpty Dumpty probably thought that the Penguins from the heard-mcdonald islands exported chocolate Penguin biscuits to the USA,
Posted 4 hours ago - Link - Report abuse 0Ed Davey is nearly as dim as some of the Malvinistas
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