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/pm_me_ur_ParusMajors North Carolina 1d ago

Considering how much agriculture and manufacturing actually come out of California, this would have a substantial impact on the rest of the US. The California gdp is as much as in the top 5 gdp's in the world.

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u/ciel_lanila I voted 1d ago edited 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/seaQueue 1d ago

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

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u/mr_oof 1d ago

Chuckles in Cascadia

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u/SpaceForceAwakens 1d ago

I’m down for it. We already have a dope flag.

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u/Street-Dependent-647 1d ago

NCR becoming a part of actual US history was not on my bingo card, hope it doesn’t because a lot of other Fallout canon doesn’t sound fun IRL

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u/frustratedpolarbear 1d ago

Well the Great War started when the United States annexed Canada and the Chinese invaded Alaska so we're definitely on that timeline so far

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u/Assumeweknow 1d ago

California bear vs the Trump Elephant. Love it, honestly, I'd see Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Colorado Arizona joining the team. Utah would probably abstain from the effort but join the list because everyone else is, It really depends on what kind of constitution the western states come up with. It could put all those states on a completely different path to self determination and a lot more money could be made by doing the split. It would give Trump the fuel to build his dictatorship rebuild on eastern states.

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u/SpaceForceAwakens 22h ago

Cascadia is generally accepted to be the three coastal states to start, and then BC if they want to join.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_flag

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