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/Archer1407 1d ago

Trump is going to launch a trade war against California in the next few days.

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u/pm_me_ur_ParusMajors North Carolina 1d ago

Considering how much agriculture and manufacturing actually come out of California, this would have a substantial impact on the rest of the US. The California gdp is as much as in the top 5 gdp's in the world.

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u/Cisco-NintendoSwitch 1d ago

Right, California could secede and collapse all the red states.

Either way we’re heading to something.

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u/ivegotaqueso 1d ago

I want my state (CA) to withhold federal tax dollars from the federal government til we get what we want.

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u/gmen6981 I voted 1d ago

As good as that sounds, there is no mechanism to do it. Employers collect Federal taxes and send them to the Fed. They don't go through the state. Every employer in the state ( many foreign based or not based in Cali) would have to agree to break Federal law and withhold them.

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u/ivegotaqueso 1d ago

It’s still my pipe dream!