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/wankbollox 1d ago

If Texas can ignore the federal government and make its own immigration policy, then I guess California can make its own trade policy. Seems fair. 

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u/Meowgaryen 1d ago

And what guarantees there is that other states won't just buy from California or use California as a fake middle man? That's why Northern Ireland is so difficult to deal with after the UK left the EU but Britain is an island and Northern Ireland is on the same island that the Republic of Ireland is.

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u/processterminated 1d ago

That is kinda the point. CA is where most Chinese goods enter the market. The executive branch has declared an "emergency" and enacted Tariffs. Let's see if they can even enforce them ;)