r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 2d 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/TinFoilBeanieTech 2d ago

States setting their own trade agreements is totally unconstitutional, but we haven't been following that for a while now anyway. I'm hoping the whole west coast can form it's own trade coalition.

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u/palmerama 2d ago

Now the plot of Civil War doesn’t seem so far fetched.

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u/Faux-Foe 2d ago

The biggest far fetched idea in there wasn’t the movie, it was which states were aligned with each other.

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u/xaviersi Texas 2d ago

From Texas here, we'd never align with California on anything even if they're in the right. Ethically, Texas has fallen quite a bit.

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 2d ago

Texan cities might want to work with CA, but they are surrounded by rural Texas.

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u/xaviersi Texas 2d ago

As an Austinite, this hits so deep, lol

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 2d ago

Especially Austin

I could see a massive exodus from ATX to the west coast if things go further off of the rails

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u/xaviersi Texas 2d ago

The rumblings are definitely there. In my household especially, I'm pushing for Minnesota, personally. Lol

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 2d ago

I just hate the cold so much, or else I'd go back to NY

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u/speakingofdinosaurs 2d ago

Arizona is purple and warm. Similar to Texas but with a chance of your vote making a difference.

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 2d ago

I worry about settling down somewhere with scarce water supply. Austin is arid, but has some decent aquifers.

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u/speakingofdinosaurs 2d ago

The water wars are going to be brutal.

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 2d ago

Probably why I'd go for the PNW, over CA, even though it's colder and gloomier.

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u/speakingofdinosaurs 2d ago

Colder and gloomier now. Could all change with the climate.

I love LA but I do recognize we have maasvoe water issues to solve if we are to survive the coming years.

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 2d ago

If things get hot enough, I'll move back to NY

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u/cg415 2d ago

The CA climate from the Bay Area northwards is expected to stay relatively stable and comfortable, under current global warming predictions. It'll get hotter of course (more similar to current day coastal So Cal), but it won't be a dry desert hellscape unless things heat up even more than expected. Either way though, most of it will still be more susceptible to drought and fires than the PNW, just as it is now.

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 1d ago

The Bay Area is so damn expensive though

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