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Funny he put like Martinique which is a territory governed by France

It is even worse than that as Martinique is a “territory governed by France” in much the same way that Hawai’i is a territory governed by the USA.

Martinique is a region and department of France—and administrative subdivision of the same type as those in the French mainland, differing only in that the the top two levels of subdivision (region and department) are coextensive rather than nested in Martinique and the other overseas region/departments.

Potentially France could have all imports from US pass by Martinique and they’d save a lot of money

And offer a loophole to any European company.

Like putting HQ in the Netherlands to avoid corporate tax of all other EU counties

> Potentially France could have all imports from US pass by Martinique and they’d save a lot of money

The EU shares a border with the UK (island of Ireland) and the UK also has lower rates: just drive a truck over the border.

> Funny he put like Martinique which is a territory governed by France

More 'funny': Diego Garcia (officially British Indian Ocean Territory).

An island in the Indian Ocean whose only inhabitants are UK and US military personnel.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia

* https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/5-bizarre-locations-hit-by-t...

It might actually be ha-ha funny if this wasn't creating havoc on international commerce and people's lives.

First I thought it could make sense considering the territories have some differences in taxes on imports. But in that case, why is Åland missing then?

Because they couldn’t figure out how to type « Å » on the murrican keyboard.

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