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		Symbiote 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, ... It could be a clerical error — intending to choose Haiti or Honduras, or maybe Hong Kong, and clicking or typing HM by mistake. Or maybe OCR is used somewhere and has made the error.

JKCalhoun 4 months ago [–]

That may be the stupidest explanation I have heard yet.

It must be the correct one then. :-)

Symbiote 4 months ago | [–]

The Guardian are reporting essentially this, it's clerical errors of some kind:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/04/revea...

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