r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 20h 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/ultralightdude Minnesota 19h ago

Good!  I hope MN joins the party.

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u/PDX_Duffman 19h ago

I am hoping the whole west coast goes (but Minnesota & Illinois are welcome to join the party!). Like college conferences, why does geography matter?

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u/No-Conversation1940 Illinois 19h ago

Democratic Economic Interchange

DEI

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u/karenswans 19h ago

If I had an award to give, it would be yours, No-Conversation1940.

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u/_-Tabula_Rasa-_ 19h ago

Perfection.

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u/nysflyboy 16h ago

If only I had a million upvotes to give...

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u/Ariose_Aristocrat 10h ago

New favorite comment...

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u/blacksheep998 18h ago

A good chunk of the northeast would like to join as well.

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u/IKSLukara 17h ago

Return of the Big East...

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u/TiredandTranz 12h ago

Another Minnesotan here: Please, yes, don't leave me stuck with these maga idiots.

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u/Spicy_McHagg1s 18h ago

It matters because this inevitably leads to state lines becoming national borders. What's being proposed is secession and balkanization, not an NCAA conference. We've been following a long, winding road back here since the end of reconstruction.

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u/onethreeone Minnesota 17h ago

No it doesn't. Citizens are free to move to these states, they can road trip and buy goods here, they don't have any different rights (well I guess they'd often have more)... It's no different than different state tax rates

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u/Spicy_McHagg1s 11h ago

States don't make trade deals with nations. Nations make trade deals with nations. 

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u/onethreeone Minnesota 10h ago

State leaders visit other countries all the time to promote trade, what are you on about?

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u/Spicy_McHagg1s 10h ago

Promote, sure. Once a state decides to ignore national tax policy and back channel trade policy around the federal government, the state is in the process of secession. Make it sound as cute as you like but once that line is crossed, the United States aren't united anymore.