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/Safe-Cat-7289 1d ago

Why would any foreign country trust a trade deal with a state? Other countries follow the law, not carve outs with local governments. Just because you have a constitutional crisis, that doesn’t mean everyone else starts breaking their own norms

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u/THSSFC America 1d ago

Because CA is the 5th largest economy in the world, that's why.

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u/Safe-Cat-7289 1d ago

Why are Americans delusional? Why would other countries break their own norms and rule of law? Undermining the presidency is the last thing other countries would want to do in an economic trade war.

Just because you’re an American in a constitutional crisis doesn’t mean the rest of the world is as well.

Stop making a fool of yourselves and think better, this is not going to happen, otherwise those other countries risk their own individual states/provinces engaging in trade as individuals and losing federal powers themselves.

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u/funkhero 1d ago

Why are Americans delusional?

Sounds like you're the delusional one here. As a Canadian I whole-heartedly recommend this course of action and look forward to trading directly with California. I'm not sure I could give less of a fuck about what the USA thinks of it, nor what repercussions you seem to think would happen.

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u/Safe-Cat-7289 1d ago

You really think Canada would initiate a trade deal directly with a state while trump has a tariff on our country as a whole?

Don’t fall into this delusion, Smith going to Florida and what not is not it. Carney would never do this

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u/funkhero 1d ago

I have given up predicting this timeline. Do I think it will happen? No clue. Would I support it? 100%

I trust Carney so if he says this isn't viable, sure, that's fine. But if he sees a path where this works, regardless of what the federal government of the USA says, then 100% for it.

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u/Safe-Cat-7289 1d ago

Carney has never said a trade pact with an American state is on the table, he’s an economist that follows order.

He’s actively going to Europe for support, not the Americans and has already said any American negotiation is after the election

It’s always been the American states or entities thinking they can do this, never an outside government