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/pigeonholepundit 1d ago

Pritzker did it earlier this week.

https://www.wcia.com/news/illinois-news/pritzker-signs-trade-agreement-between-illinois-and-mexico/

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u/shrimpcest Colorado 1d ago

Those agreements won't be bypassing tariffs from what I can tell.

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u/say592 1d ago

I don't see how they possibly could. Shit still has to go through customs, so tariffs have to be paid.

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u/Wayyside 1d ago

It’s just posturing probably. If it works, it will be juicy how it gets handled.

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u/Amish_guy_with_WiFi 1d ago

Other people mentioned the potential idea for a single state to "bypass" tariffs would be to make an agreement with the other country to make an exception for the state's biggest export in their retaliation tariffs and then in return the state would subsidize the state's biggest import from that country to offset the tariffs.