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/Automatic-Wonder-299 California 1d ago

Trade agreement has to be in the form of a treaty if it want to be enforceable in any shape or form

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u/ObsidianSkyKing Illinois 1d ago

There are in fact tens of thousands of trade agreements that are not in the form of treaties that have been entirely functional worldwide for the past several generations.

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u/bobbydebobbob 1d ago

It sounds like would be more like an exemption from another country's tariffs than a treaty

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u/Oreo_ 1d ago

So what? A trade agreement doesn't have to be enforceable. they are mutually beneficial. If one side fucks up the other side can stop following the agreement at any time. It's a mutually assured benefit that is mutually lost once the agreement is breached.

What the hell enforcement are you even talking about?