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/THSSFC America 1d ago

As I read, this is CA negotiating deals with foreign powers to avoid the foreign powers from slapping tariffs on CA products. Not an evasion of the import tariffs.

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u/Safe-Cat-7289 1d ago

Why would any foreign country trust a trade deal with a state? Other countries follow the law, not carve outs with local governments. Just because you have a constitutional crisis, that doesn’t mean everyone else starts breaking their own norms

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u/THSSFC America 1d ago

Because CA is the 5th largest economy in the world, that's why.

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u/Tulipfarmer 1d ago

And how does that help the countries who are being tarrifed and the people losing their jobs because of it?

You think some auto worker in Ontario gives a shit about California, if they don't have a way for avoiding the tarrifs killing their job. Why would they want their government make a one sided deal to not punish Cali products when the federal US government is trying to destroy our economy. ?

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u/THSSFC America 1d ago

I have no idea. I presume that CA thinks they can find some other way to partner with these entities.

I am not suggesting that this is easy or that the foreign parties should feel any obligation to this sort of cooperation.