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/ciel_lanila I voted 19h ago edited 17h ago

Just looked the raw GDP numbers in case anyone is curious. .

  • US with CA: $30.338 trillion
  • European Union (as a whole): $20.29 trillion
  • China: $19.535 trillion
  • Germany: $4.922 t
  • Japan: $4.390 t
  • India: $4.270 t
  • California: $4.1 t
  • UK: $3.731 t
  • Skipping a few
  • Russia: $2.197 t

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u/SweetAlyssumm 19h ago

We also have a bunch of military bases. We could almost actually do this.

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u/seaQueue 19h ago

We'd probably want to bring OR and WA along for the ride

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u/Damn_Dog_Inappropes Washington 19h ago

As a native San Diegan living in Seattle, yes, please!

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u/cerealjunky 17h ago

Found Eddie Vedder's Reddit account!

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u/sdcanine99 14h ago

As a native Seattleite living in San Diego, glad we could change places, and also, yes, please!