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Washington Post
10-04-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Trump tariff whiplash rattles Norfolk Islanders and nuns
When they heard about President Donald Trump's tariffs — so far-reaching that they hit even remote islands, including one populated mostly by penguins — the initial response from Norfolk Island residents Jesse Schiller and Rachel Evans was to laugh. Their home is a tiny Australian territory in the South Pacific Ocean, some 1,000 miles from Sydney, famed for its beaches and majestic pines. It was slugged with a 29 percent tariff, even though it has no known exports to the United States, according to local officials. That levy, higher than the 10 percent tariff slapped on Australia, is possibly due to mislabeled shipments originating in other places with the same name, such as Norfolk county in England.
Washington Post
08-04-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
Canadian couple likely the only business owners on Australia's Norfolk Island to face US tariffs
MELBOURNE, Australia — Jesse Schiller and Rachel Evans are likely the only business owners on Australia's Norfolk Island to be directly affected by the Trump administration's tariffs , as the South Pacific outpost they call home exports nothing to the United States. The Canadian couple, both aged 41, own a business that makes plastic-free hair accessories under the brand Kooshoo. Vancouver-born Schiller said he and his Norfolk Island-born wife are likely the only business owners on the island that will pay elevated tariffs — and they will pay at the rates imposed on Japan and India, where the goods are manufactured. Around 80% of Kooshoo's business is with the United States.
CBC
04-04-2025
- Business
- CBC
Tiny Australian island hit by Trump's tariffs. These Canadians are affected
Norfolk Island, an external territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean, was hit by 29 per cent tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump despite having no known exports to the States. Jesse Schiller and Rachel Evans, two Canadians who run a business on the island, explain how they're reacting to the tariff.
