r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 19h ago

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/Brilliant-Option-526 19h ago edited 19h ago

Pritzker in Illinois was working on agreements with Mexico earlier this week.

*edit* They should really coordinate on this.

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u/emjaycue 19h ago

Maybe the blue state could form some sort of Trade Federation.

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u/nonstopflux Washington 18h ago

Some sort of Union between the States even.

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u/Dom1252 18h ago

They can call it something like United States of North America

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u/Tichrimo Canada 17h ago

Loop in Canada and call it the United Canadian and American States. (Turns out Trump was a dragon all along!)

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u/Bronstone Canada 12h ago

Lol, what is this? All of Canada maybe minus AB and SK would be in. And no, I don't want to be a former province, nor do we wanted the word United. Canadian American Union.

Also, it's a thanks for no thanks. Even if California joined Canada, that would match our total current population (41M) and the balance of power would forever shift. Let the Blue States unite and hopefully Canada can have the best of the "old" US and get our trading, security partnership on good foundation again.

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u/Tichrimo Canada 12h ago

This is from a roleplaying game. Quebec separates, First Nations retake most of everything north and west of Sudbury, the remainder join up with what's left if the US. Oh, and there's elves and orcs and dragons and magic.

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u/Bronstone Canada 10h ago

Aaah, buddy this is your political DnD here!

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u/emjaycue 15h ago

Here’s a crazy thought. This country called “United States” could have some body for passing laws so that no single person can implement tariffs. It could have a check and a balance to that power. We’d call it checks and balances. And we could create a body to pass those laws, maybe a legislature of sorts. And it could have two houses so that there would be further checks. And the President would only have power to issue taxes like tariffs only if both house agree! Why didn’t we do this sooner? Would have avoided this whole problem.

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u/Kaellpae1 12h ago

Red states can be United States of Acirema since they love being backwards as all fuck.

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u/Larovich153 17h ago

We could call it the union, and the army uniforms could be blue

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u/Secret_Designer6705 16h ago

Could we be called Abolitionists? Like we want to abolish tarriffs

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u/Mistamage Illinois 18h ago

Begun, the trade wars have

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u/gerth 16h ago

I’m sure Silicon Valley can provide battle droids that won’t have any issues whatsoever

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u/Mistamage Illinois 16h ago

With a Sith Lord already in charge, they don't need to be shitty.

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u/projectkennedymonkey 12h ago

All those boring bits of dialogue were preparing us for this all along! 😭

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u/TechnologyRemote7331 18h ago

It may be inevitable, imo.

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u/analogkid01 Illinois 18h ago

I'm in Chicago, I'll start practicing my offensive Japanese accent.

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u/twisty125 16h ago

is that... legal!?

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u/fsignoret 19h ago

It was an MOU between Mexico State and Illinois. Mexico state one of the most populous but is not where Mexico city even is for example. 

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u/account051 18h ago

I know it’s completely hypothetical, but I’d imagine that Illinois would have to coordinate with a border state like California to get the goods in the country without tariffs

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u/OneAlmondNut 13h ago

Well it's either California, Arizona, New Mexico, or Texas so CA is the only real option. good thing we just announced plans for a modernized border crossing earlier this year

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u/socialmediaignorant 18h ago

They do have a blue state governor consortium from what I’ve heard. I would think it’s unwise to fight them but we all know the orange idiot can’t resist.

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u/ChinDeLonge 17h ago

Canada, Mexico, and Japan have all signed agreements with Illinois. Midwest governors are showing up the coastal Dems.

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u/pocketchange2247 California 17h ago

My home state and the state I currently live in both working together. Brings a tear to my eye.

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u/machina99 13h ago

It feels weird to say, but Pritzker is as close to a good billionaire as I think we're gonna get. I was extremely hesitant before, but he's shown time and again that he wants what's best for the people and he's not afraid to back down or call people out on their bullshit.

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u/Brilliant-Option-526 8h ago

Same. I was super skeptical of him at first. He's earned my respect.

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u/Roscoe_p 19h ago

Iirc as an avid Pritzker fan, that deal was more of sign of good faith and there was not any meat to any of the agreements.

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u/cantevendoitbruh 18h ago

How does it work? Can they just make it so their citizens dont' have to pay the imports? Or not collect them?

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u/Brilliant-Option-526 17h ago

No idea. That's up to people way more savvy than me to figure out. Support them every step of the way though.

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u/Vitruvian_Link 15h ago

As a Dem, I don't think Dems know how to coordinate