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/illuminaughty1973 1d ago

one out of every seven dollars in the usa is produced by California....

Trump has lost before he starts.... and that assuming new york, washington , and a lot of other blue states dont join.

bet Trump does not like states rights all of a sudden.

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u/jimicus United Kingdom 1d ago

Given:

  1. Most global shipping is done by sea - because sea freight is a fraction the cost of air freight.
  2. NY, NJ and CA between them account for more-or-less half of US foreign imports. If they all took the decision to say "To hell with it; we're going to negotiate our own deals" - they'd really give Trump a headache.