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/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/CaffeinatedGuy 1d ago

Yes please, and with it, control of the entire west coast. That would also mean control of all shipping through western ports so anything that has to move through that territory would be subject to additional tariffs.

Impose additional agreements with Mexico and Canada and you're got yourself a powerful region.