r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 1d 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 1d ago

Good!  I hope MN joins the party.

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u/WazWaz Australia 1d ago

What party? California can't do anything about import tariffs, this is Newsom begging other countries not to retaliate because... reasons?

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u/wecangetbetter 1d ago edited 1d ago

he's asking other countries to put exemptions on key California made exports

He's also gearing up for a presidential run so trying to establish himself as a leader

We seem to live in a very yolo fuck it lawless era where laws and power only seem applicable if there's people willing to enforce it. which there doesn't seem to be any.

If Trump can do whatever he wants without anyone checking him, what's to say the biggest and most prolific state in the country can't do the same? seems insane, but here we are.

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u/_-Tabula_Rasa-_ 1d ago

I'd vote for him.

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u/WazWaz Australia 1d ago

Why would they? This is just posturing, for the reason you've identified. This doesn't help American consumers at all.

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u/wecangetbetter 1d ago

nothing that's being done right now is helping the American consumer

what's one more bit of insanity

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u/Tulipfarmer 1d ago

Exactly and I would be upset if my country followed this train of thought. There is no blue states and red states when all Canadians, and now the whole world, is suffering because of Trump's FEDERAL policies.

Get rid of the orange guy. Then we talk

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u/Larovich153 1d ago

Look guy, we're hurtling towards civil war here, give us a minute

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u/Tulipfarmer 1d ago

Sure. But don't ask for any favours from Canadians, regarding trade or anything else for that matter.

We are polite till we are not. elbows up!.... Guy

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u/WazWaz Australia 1d ago

Refund to who? With what funds? The importer pays the tariff to the federal government, not the state. And imports can be trucked anywhere in the US (indeed, often are, from CA).

Anyway, read the article. It doesn't mention any of the things people seem to be fantasizing about.

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u/Waesrdtfyg0987 Northern Marianas 1d ago

Nothing wrong with fantasizing. It's reddit we have zero influence on any of this.

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u/WazWaz Australia 1d ago

That belief is exactly why fantasizing is so bad for you.

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u/Waesrdtfyg0987 Northern Marianas 8h ago

Please explain

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u/WazWaz Australia 1h ago

Fantasizing that someone is going to solve your problems leads to having zero influence on the problems.

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u/Waesrdtfyg0987 Northern Marianas 1h ago

Being able to fantasize of a better day is absolutely a good thing. I'm on reddit to get away from my problems. They'll still be there when I get back and I'll address them then.

If it doesn't work for you then that's fine. I'm not telling you what to do, so don't tell me what to do.

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u/sniper1rfa 1d ago

Sure we can, the ports are in california. If the ships come in and unload without paying the tariff, then the tariff has been avoided. Foreign tariffs can obviously target anything they like.

What's trump gonna do, bomb the ports?

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u/WazWaz Australia 1d ago

That's called smuggling; no, he'll just send in CBP police - you think he'd not? He'd relish the idea.

Read the article, it's not talking about anything like that, it's about exports. The more I realise how few people read the article before letting their imagination run wild, the more I suspect this is Newsom just posing.