Australia has made the bold decision to throw down the gauntlet to their American allies and hit them with a retaliatory tariff on one of their biggest industries – influencers.
This is in retaliation to both the steel & aluminium tariff as well as to the smoothbrain who thought it was wise to film herself grabbing a baby wombat from its mother for “content”.
The Australian Government released a statement to The Times stating,
“Initially the Australian Government was committed to a diplomatic resolution to the aluminium & steel tariffs but after footage of that American moron emerged, we decided to act without delay and impose a 25% tariff on American influencers”
So how does the tariff work? Well, obviously any Australian company wanting to use the “talents” of American influencers will have to pay the tariff. It will also apply to American influencers themselves who import themselves into Australia. A spokesperson added,
“All fees connected with the right to work and earn income in Australia will attract the tariff. If they want to leech off the beauty of our country they will have to pay dearly for it”
To be clear, this is in no way aimed at protecting our local influencing community, it’s purely to show America that we won’t be pushed around.
Good work Australia!
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