r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 20h 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/DisastrousTwist6298 19h ago

Countries will funnel all their goods through California to have them sold on the US market. Could be tremendously profitable for the state.

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u/austinchan2 18h ago

Could it? If California is paying the 50% markup for all items coming into the state to keep costs down how would that be profitable for them to then export those to other states?

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u/eden_sc2 Maryland 18h ago

it wouldnt be profitable to sell to other states, but it could definitely be an incentive to have people move to CA or have businesses move to CA. The increased tax revenue offsets the spending on tarrifs, or at least that is the strategy in my head.

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u/allofthealphabet 12h ago

Major boom in harbor and airport construction in California, also leading to more people moving to California for work.

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u/zazraj10 18h ago

50% of our goods come through west coast ports regardless. 

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u/keytotheboard 19h ago

Okay, but please only sell to other blue states.

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u/ActOdd8937 15h ago

Nah, just add the tariff amounts back on to any goods shipped from CA to the rest of the country. If NY and CO and New England wish to make trade agreements with CA to avoid the tariffs they are certainly welcome. Shithole red states will pay the extra freight though, since that's what they wanted so bad.