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Both Svalbard and Jan Mayen are inhabited. Jan Mayen only by about 35 people, though. Svalbard has both Norwegian and Russian settlements, but of course entirel
by vidarh 2y ago
Both Svalbard and Jan Mayen are inhabited. Jan Mayen only by about 35 people, though. Svalbard has both Norwegian and Russian settlements, but of course entirely too small to have impact on US trade.
- magicalhippo 2y agoSvalbard imports a lot of snowmobiles though, given their population. From what I know a substantial fraction, if not most, are from Polaris so made in the US[1]. [1]: https://www.polaris.com/en-us/snowmobiles/owner-resources/help-center/article/KA-01000/ https://www.polaris.com/en-us/snowmobiles/owner-resources/he...
- vidarh 2y ago"A lot" is rather relative here given the total population is around 2.5k people.
- magicalhippo 2y agoTrue but I think relative numbers are relevant in this context.
- vidarh 2y agoThe relative numbers says nothing about the impact on US trade.
- magicalhippo 2y agoTrue, I was thinking more about how silly the tariff rates are given the relative trade imbalance.