r/Enough_Sanders_Spam • u/AdmiralSaturyn • 1d ago

Article California to negotiate trade with other countries to bypass Trump tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414
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u/PierceJJones 1d ago

Welcome back Nullification Crisis of 1832

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u/mundotaku 1d ago

They can't. Federal law is above state law.

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u/Comfortable-Study-69 1d ago

I mean yes, but there are some things California can do to try to promote international commerce that don’t require trying to circumvent the federal government. Off the top of my head, they could get rid of the requirement for Caltrans to only buy American materials. They obviously can’t directly ignore federal tariffs, though, and I don’t know of anything that would actually substantially change the status quo of Trump screwing the economy six ways to Sunday at the national level.

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u/oath2order BIDEN WOULD HAVE WON. 19h ago

If Texas can ignore immigration policy, we can ignore trade policy.

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u/a2cthrowaway4 17h ago

We’re ignoring that kinda stuff now don’t you remember

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u/Only-Ad4322 15h ago

They will try.

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u/CokeDigler 1d ago

Always helpful California "liberals"