# Retaliatory tariffs **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 24, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retaliatory-tariffs/1013322 "2025-01-24T04:48:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 477
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retaliatory-tariffs/1013322/477 "2025-04-07T15:24:11Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > Is this an actual reason, or an ex post facto justification for a stupid mistake? > > No one was suddenly going to ship from Heard Island See my post here for one analysis of that question: > [@NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 4)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/591): > > Basically, they’re claiming the Penguin Tariffs are there to prevent someone from transshipping their products via these islands, and claiming that they’re really made on the island, to avoid tariffs from their actual country of origin. Which sounds great, if you believe it, and if you don’t notice that people have already pointed out one such discrepancy in their tariff schedule which legally creates just such a transshipping opportunity: But not because they automatically fall under the tar… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retaliatory-tariffs/1013322)._