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/Am_I_AI_or_Just_High 1d ago

Since Cali is has a bigger economy than nearly every other country, this is very possible and will make trump look even dumber. Also you don't need GPT to calculate "no more tariffs"

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u/Bruce-7891 1d ago

I'd love this but it sounds illegal as F. A tariff is a tax and a state can't independently decide it's not going to participate in federal taxes.

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u/RedQueenNatalie 1d ago

Thats because it is, article 1 of the constitution disallows it but if the feds aren't playing by the rules either, why should the states?

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u/MIT_Engineer 1d ago

Because the states don't even have a choice, it's not like they collect the tariffs and then hand them to the federal government, the federal government collects them directly.

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u/RedQueenNatalie 1d ago

I don't claim to know how they specifically plan to implement it but it seems there is an intent to sidestep federal involvement.

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u/MIT_Engineer 1d ago

And I'm saying that "intent" is all bluster, there's no practical way for any of it to come to fruition, and it seems fairly obvious that this is a way for Newsom to look "tough on Trump" prior to a presidential run.