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

dragonwriter 1y ago
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.
- user1241320 1y ago
  Potentially France could have all imports from US pass by Martinique and they’d save a lot of money
  - qwertox 1y ago
    And offer a loophole to any European company.
    - user32489318 1y ago
      Like putting HQ in the Netherlands to avoid corporate tax of all other EU counties
  - throw0101d 1y ago
    > 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.
overdrive110 1y ago
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?
- ornornor 1y ago
  Because they couldn’t figure out how to type « Å » on the murrican keyboard.
throw0101d 1y ago
> 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia * https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/5-bizarre-locations-hit-by-tariffs-including-an-uninhabited-island.html 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.

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.

user1241320 1y ago
Potentially France could have all imports from US pass by Martinique and they’d save a lot of money
- qwertox 1y ago
  And offer a loophole to any European company.
  - user32489318 1y ago
    Like putting HQ in the Netherlands to avoid corporate tax of all other EU counties
- throw0101d 1y ago
  > 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.

overdrive110 1y ago

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?

ornornor 1y ago
Because they couldn’t figure out how to type « Å » on the murrican keyboard.

throw0101d 1y ago

> 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia * https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/5-bizarre-locations-hit-by-tariffs-including-an-uninhabited-island.html 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.