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/myadsound California 1d ago

CA is always the one leading

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u/hamstercrisis 1d ago

this is silly, the people working the border are federal and have no obligation to respect a California agreement

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u/myadsound California 1d ago

Not a fan of states rights?

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u/sniper1rfa 1d ago

What are they gonna do, ask for cash payments at the dock and hand-carry it back to DC?

They don't have to respect it, but a federal agent at the port of los angeles is pretty landlocked in this context so their respect means very little.